The high court on Friday ruled to block the execution of Glossip, an Oklahoma inmate convicted in the 1997 murder-for-hire beating death of his boss.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch decided to sit out of the court’s decision in the death penalty case of inmate Richard Glossip.
“Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this application,” the Supreme Court wrote in a document filed on Friday.
The high court ruled to block the execution of Glossip, 60, a death row inmate from Oklahoma. The decision arrived after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a motion requesting that the Supreme Court block the execution and grant a new trial for the inmate.
According to the Associated Press, Gorsuch’s decision to pass on the ruling is likely because he previously heard the case while serving as an appeals court judge.
