Supreme Court to Reconsider Execution Oklahoma No Longer Backs

The US Supreme Court, in a rare move, will consider claims from an Oklahoma death row inmate who says prosecutors suppressed evidence to obtain his conviction in a murder-for-hire.

The conservative-led court, which denies virtually all execution appeals, agreed on Monday to review Richard Glossip’s conviction that even the state’s top attorney says he can no longer stand behind.

Oklahoma has set nine execution dates for Glossip since he was convicted in 1997 of plotting to murder his former boss, Barry Van Tresse, who was beaten to death. Glossip says he’s innocent.

One of those dates was set aside by ...