Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip, who spent nearly 30 years incarcerated and came within minutes of execution three times, pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser accessory charge.
The murder charge was dismissed after Glossip admitted helping place plexiglass over a broken hotel window and not telling police that another man had killed the victim. Glossip had spent nearly three decades on death row in the 1997 killing case. He is set to be sentenced in December and could be released or sent back to prison for up to 15 years.