The Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip after finding flaws in his death row conviction, citing withheld evidence and inconsistent witness testimony.

Richard Glossip, now 62, has spent nearly half his life behind bars for his role in a 1997 killing at a motel in Oklahoma City.

U.S. Supreme Court vacates Richard Glossip's conviction, citing unfair trial. Oklahoma Attorney General applauds ruling.

Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court's three liberal members to form a majority. During Oct. 9 arguments in the case, the justices probed whether an Oklahoma court properly weighed newly revealed information that Glossip's lawyers said would have aided his defense and which the state's Republican attorney general,

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip's sentence and murder conviction. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel Sign up for our NewslettersGlossip,

The Supreme Court ordered that an Oklahoma man convicted of murder, Richard Glossip, who has been scheduled for execution nine times, must now receive a new trial.

Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general agreed with the death row prisoner that he should get a new trial. Oklahoma’s state criminal court disagreed.