Oklahoma’s Richard Glossip freed on bond after 30 years on death row

A judge set a $500,000 bond in the 1997 murder case headed for retrial after a supreme court decision

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An https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/oklahoma">Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed Richard Glossip, a former death row prisoner, to be released on bond after almost 30 years behind bars, as he now awaits a retrial over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of execution three separate times.

The decision clears the way for Glossip, 63, to leave prison for the first time since his arrest nearly three decades ago.

Last year, the US supreme court https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/supreme-court-ruling-richard-glossip-death-row">threw out his conviction.

His longstanding claims of innocence have drawn support from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian and other prominent figures.