OKLAHOMA CITY — A new murder trial for Richard Glossip is scheduled to begin on September 28 in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond stated he will retry Glossip for first-degree murder and is not pursuing the death penalty against him.

The Supreme Court overturned Glossip's conviction last year, ruling that prosecutors allowed co-defendant Justin Sneed to give testimony about his mental health history that they knew was false. The high court determined this false testimony violated Glossip's constitutional right to a fair trial. Glossip was granted bond in May and released from prison, maintaining his innocence.

Prosecutors alleged that the 1997 death of Barry Van Treese was a murder-for-hire scheme. Van Treese owned the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked and died after being bludgeoned with a baseball bat. Sneed agreed to testify against Glossip to avoid the death penalty and was the only witness linking Glossip directly to the crime. Van Treese's family had asked the Supreme Court to leave Glossip's conviction and sentence intact.

Glossip is 63 years old. Oklahoma courts set nine different execution dates for him. He was spared from execution three times due to questions about Oklahoma's planned procedures for lethal injection and ate three separate last meals. In 2015, Glossip was held in a cell next to Oklahoma's execution chamber before the governor put executions on hold to review execution protocols. "We are pleased with the ruling," Leslie Berger, a spokesperson, said.