Oklahoma judge grants bond to Richard Glossip after conviction overturned

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-20

[00:00:01]NEW TRIAL.

[00:00:04]YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.

[00:00:05]MORE THAN 60 OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS PUSHED FOR RICHARD GLOSSIP TO GET A NEW HEARING IN 2022, BELIEVING THAT HE DID NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL.

[00:00:16]NOW, TODAY, AFTER HE RECEIVED AND WAS GRANTED BOND, LAWMAKERS BELIEVE THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

[00:00:24]A NUMBER OF US SENATORS HAVE COME OUT AND SAID, WE NEED TO REVIEW THIS BECAUSE IT ERODES THE CONFIDENCE OF THE OKLAHOMA PUBLIC.

[00:00:34]WHILE HE AWAITS A NEW TRIAL, HE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO WAIT.

[00:00:38]INCARCERATED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS CONVICTION IN THE 1997 MURDER OF BARRY VANTREASE, RICHARD GLOSSIP COULD WALK OUT OF JAIL.

[00:00:46]ON THURSDAY, A JUDGE GRANTED A $500,000 BOND TO THE FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE AS HE AWAITS A NEW TRIAL.

[00:00:53]THAT NEW TRIAL IS SOMETHING OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING YEARS FOR.

[00:00:58]BACK IN 2022, MYSELF AND MANY LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE IN OKLAHOMA REQUESTED THAT THEY REVISIT THIS CASE OF RICHARD GLOSSIP.

[00:01:08]THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, AND WE THOUGHT THAT HE DIDN’T GET A FAIR TRIAL.

[00:01:15]MORE THAN 60 OKLAHOMA LAWMAKERS, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, SIGNED THAT LETTER.

[00:01:19]STATE SENATOR SHANE JETT SAID THE EVIDENCE DID NOT PROVE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT GLOSSIP IS GUILTY.

[00:01:27]IT LOOKED LIKE TO US THAT ALL OF THE PROCEDURES AND SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE IS NOT FALSELY ACCUSED OR PUNISHED FOR A CRIME THEY DIDN’T COMMIT HAD NOT BEEN FOLLOWED.

[00:01:41]NOW, TODAY, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM, BARRY VA