US supreme court halts execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip
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Divided state panel had voted against recommending clemency for Glossip, 60, condemned to death for murder of motel owner
The US supreme court on Friday halted the execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose case has drawn support from the state's Republican attorney general after an investigation shed new light on evidence relating to the 1997 murder Glossip was convicted of commissioning.
The justices acted after a divided Oklahoma state panel on 26 April voted against recommending clemency for Glossip, 60, who was scheduled to be executed on 18 May for his role in the murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese.
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