The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a death row case from Oklahoma that's

garnered national attention. Justices looked at whether the due process rights of

a death row inmate named Richard Glossop were violated when the state suppressed information

about its star witness who committed the murder.

An Oklahoma court of criminal appeals has denied Glossop's appeal for a retrial.

Our Oklahoma communities correspondent,

Adam Kemp has been following this case

and joins us now.

Adam, good to see you here.

Nice to see you.

So remind us now, who exactly is Richard Glossop and why is this case significant?

Yeah, Richard Glossop was convicted and sentenced to death in 1998 for the murder of

Barry Van Tries. His case has been has had many ongoing developments over the years. In 26 years he's

faced nine different execution dates. He's eaten three last meals and today he gets to go before the Supreme Court to have his case heard.

It's also unique because Oklahoma's attorney general, Getner Drummond, a Republican, is really leading the effort here to have a

Glossop get a new trial.

He's been a pretty staunch advocate that Glossop's due process was denied

and that it should go to retrial. It's also unique that the

Supreme Court is hearing a death row case at all. It's been a couple of years

since they've actually taken on any arguments in that regard.

That is really unique and you had a chance to be in there today in the court as oral arguments

were unfolding so tell us a little bit at what exactly Supreme Court justices are weighing here what they're

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