Richard Glossip was convicted of murdering his boss more than twenty years ago, and has been on death row in Oklahoma ever since. Glossip has always maintained his innocence. After a years-long campaign to save his life that included Republican lawmakers and the state’s attorney general, the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a new trial. The ruling said “the prosecution violated its constitutional obligation” to Glossip by failing to correct false testimony and destroying key evidence. NBC News’ Laura Jarrett reports.
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