💬 Opinion May 30, 2026 · Liliana Segura

Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row

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Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row
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For three decades, Richard Glossip lived on concrete. First at the Oklahoma County jail, after his arrest for murder in 1997, and then in the underground bunker housing death row inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. As with the rest of his surroundings, he eventually got used to the hard, unforgiving floors, although recently he’d developed painful swelling in his legs.



It was only when he stepped onto the carpeted courtroom at the Oklahoma County Courthouse last June that Glossip, now

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