A divided Supreme Court found an independent investigation by law firm Reed Smith and the attorney general’s discovery that the prosecutor knowingly elicited false testimony and failed to correct it was enough to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip for directing the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese by Justin Sneed.
The high court ruled that for Section 1983 claims challenging delays in the administrative process, state courts can’t deny those claims on failure-to-exhaust grounds.
The Supreme Court found that when evidence is introduced that is so unduly prejudicial that it renders the trial fundamentally unfair, the due process clause of the 14th Amendment provides a mechanism for relief.