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Will the Supreme Court Save Richard Glossip?
Richard Glossip longs to reunite with his wife, Lea, he said. “I know that day is coming soon,” he said. “Where her and I will be standing out there in the sun, breathing the air.” (Images via AP and Rupa Subramanya)
The fate of the death row inmate—who almost everyone believes is innocent—is finally being decided by the highest court in the land.
By Rupa Subramanya
10.09.24
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The Supreme Court—often derided by progressives as a bastion of far-right extremists—will soon deal a devastating blow to the death penalty. 

The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip on Wednesday, and either way they rule, their decision will rock national attitudes toward capital punishment.

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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer for The Free Press. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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