前死囚 Richard Glossip 认罪：俄克拉荷马州撤销谋杀指控，最高面临45年监禁
俄克拉荷马州 Oklahoma City 的 Oklahoma 县法院2026年11月12日举行听证，63岁的前死囚 Richard Glossip 承认一级谋杀事后从犯罪，州检察官随即撤销对他的一级谋杀指控，原定12月7日开庭的第三次谋杀审判就此取消。
这项认罪协议没有约定刑期。法官 Natalie Mai 定于12月17日至18日量刑，该罪最高可判45年监禁，量刑前 Glossip 继续保释在外。州总检察长 Gentner Drummond 在声明中表示，Glossip 终于为 Barry Van Treese 之死承担了部分责任；让其就较轻的事后从犯罪认罪，对他本人和受害人家属都是艰难的决定，但这条路能确保一项与这起谋杀相关的定罪，并争取让 Glossip 再服刑期。他与家属希望法官判处最高的45年。
辩护律师 Don Knight 表示，Glossip 三十年来一直坚称自己没有犯下谋杀，12日早晨承认事后从犯，是为了终于了结这件事；他希望法官量刑时计入 Glossip 已在死囚区度过的近三十年。
案件发生在1997年1月7日：Oklahoma City 一家汽车旅馆的老板 Barry Van Treese，54岁，在旅馆102号房内被球棒打死。Glossip 当时是这家旅馆的经理；旅馆维修工 Justin Sneed 承认是自己动手杀人，称 Glossip 以1万美元雇他行凶。Sneed 后来被判终身监禁、不得假释，并在 Glossip 的两次审判中出庭指证他。
Glossip 1998年首次被判死刑，2001年上诉法院撤销定罪，2004年重审再次被判死刑。此后他的行刑日期先后九次被定下，他吃过三次最后的晚餐，2015年9月30日一次行刑更在执行前三小时因注射药物出错被叫停。2025年2月，联邦最高法院认定检方未纠正 Sneed 关于其锂盐用药的虚假证词，撤销2004年定罪并下令重审。2026年5月，法官批准他以50万美元保释金获释候审。（来源：俄克拉荷马人报）
Former Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip Pleads Guilty to Accessory Charge in Oklahoma; Murder Charge Dropped
At a hearing in Oklahoma County court in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 12, 2026, former death row inmate Richard Glossip, 63, pleaded guilty to accessory to first-degree murder after the fact. State prosecutors then withdrew the first-degree murder charge against him, canceling the third murder trial that had been set to begin on December 7.
The plea agreement includes no agreed sentence. Judge Natalie Mai scheduled sentencing for December 17 and 18; the accessory charge carries a maximum of 45 years in prison, and Glossip will remain out on bond until sentencing. In a statement, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Glossip had finally taken some measure of responsibility for the murder of Barry Van Treese, and that allowing him to plead guilty to the lesser charge was a difficult decision for Drummond and, more importantly, for the Van Treese family, but ensured a conviction related to the murder and the best chance to secure additional prison time. He and the family hope the judge imposes the maximum 45 years.
Defense attorney Don Knight said Glossip has maintained for 30 years that he did not commit murder, and pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact on Thursday morning to finally put the matter to rest. Knight said he hopes the nearly 30 years Glossip spent on death row will be considered at sentencing.
The case began on January 7, 1997, when Barry Van Treese, 54, the owner of an Oklahoma City motel, was found beaten to death with a baseball bat in Room 102 of the motel. Glossip was the motel's manager. Maintenance worker Justin Sneed confessed to the killing and said Glossip offered him $10,000 to carry it out. Sneed was sentenced to life in prison without parole and testified against Glossip at both of his trials.
Glossip was first convicted and sentenced to death in 1998; an appeals court threw out that conviction in 2001, and he was convicted and sentenced to death again at a 2004 retrial. His execution was scheduled nine times, he was served three last meals, and on September 30, 2015, an execution was halted three hours beforehand after the wrong heart-stopping drug was supplied. In February 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the 2004 conviction and ordered a new trial, finding that prosecutors had failed to correct Sneed's false testimony about why he was prescribed lithium. In May 2026, a judge ordered Glossip released on $500,000 bond to await retrial. (Source: The Oklahoman)
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图片来源：图：位于华盛顿特区的美国联邦最高法院大楼（本站图库）。本案2025年由联邦最高法院撤销原定罪并下令重审。 / Photo: U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (GSM asset library). The Supreme Court threw out Glossip's conviction and ordered a new trial in 2025.
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