Conservative Supreme Court Justice Thomas Clarence has accused the Supreme Court majority of stretching the law "at every turn" to save a man from the death penalty. On February 25, the Supreme Court decided 5-3 to grant a new trial to Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose execution has been delayed nine times.

The U.S. Supreme Court avoided deadlock with a fractured 5-3 decision to give Richard Glossip, the Oklahoma death row inmate whose execution has been rescheduled nine times, a new trial, finding that the prosecution violated its legal obligations.

The Supreme Court gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance in the high-profile 1997 murder case. Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, and Justice Samuel Alito joined ... Thomas noted in his dissenting opinion that Glossip was twice sentenced to death by Oklahoma juries and failed to persuade either body “with authority” to eliminate his death ...

Glossip, 62, was granted a new trial by the US Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision which said his constitutional right to due process was denied when he was unfairly convicted of the 1997 murder of his employer based on false testimony.

In 5-3 decision, the justices set aside Richard Glossip's conviction, saying it may have been based on false testimony.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. Thomas wrote that the court didn’t have the authority to review the decision by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. And even if it did ...