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Death Row Inmate Saved by Supreme Court
Death Row Inmate Saved by Supreme Court
Richard Glossip was scheduled to die nine times after being convicted of murder. Now he could walk free. ‘This is truly a miracle,’ his wife tells The Free Press.
By Rupa Subramanya
02.26.25 — U.S. Politics
Richard Glossip and his wife Lea in January. (Courtesy of Lea Glossip)
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Death Row Inmate Saved by Supreme Court

Lea Glossip has been waiting nine years for this moment.

The anti–death penalty activist struck up a pen pal friendship with death row inmate Richard Glossip in 2016. Six years later they married, when he was 59 and she was 32.

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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.
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