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Former Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip goes free on $500k bond
Richard Glossip was released from jail Thursday, May 14, on a $500,000 bond, a major victory for the former death row inmate who has come so close to execution that he has had three last meals.
Glossip, 63, is awaiting his third trial in his 1997 murder-for-hire case.
His release came hours after Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai set bail in a 13-page order that pointed to issues with the key witness against him.
"It is the bedrock principle of Oklahoma law that bail is not used as a form of punishment," the judge wrote. "Rather, bail is simply the means to ensure that a defendant will appear to face the charges pending against him."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/former-death-row-inmate-richard-152215492.html