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Richard Glossip Granted $500,000 Bond and Released Before Retrial

The ruling reflects doubts about the state’s case heading into a no-death-penalty retrial.

FILE - Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputies lead longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip to a courtroom on June 9, 2025, at the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy, File)
In a November 21, 2014, photo, death row inmate Richard Glossip is pictured at the state penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Former death row prisoner Richard Glossip, left, speaks to media after exiting a detention facility after being granted bond while awaiting retrial Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)
Former death row inmate Richard Glossip walks to a courtroom inside the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City on October 30, 2025.

Overview

  • Judge Natalie Mai’s order Thursday set bail at $500,000, and Glossip left the Oklahoma County jail that evening after nearly 30 years in custody.
  • Under the bond terms, he must wear a GPS ankle monitor, follow a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, live only with his wife, stay within Oklahoma, and avoid any contact with witnesses.
  • In a 13-page decision, the judge said the case has weakened over time, citing prosecutorial misconduct, undisclosed evidence, and credibility problems with key witness Justin Sneed.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court in February 2025 vacated Glossip’s conviction and death sentence after finding prosecutors let Sneed give false testimony, entitling Glossip to a new trial.
  • Oklahoma’s attorney general plans to retry the case without seeking death and criticized the bond decision, with a preliminary hearing set for June 23 as both sides face aging evidence and missing witnesses.