"Even GOP legislators are starting to agree." "I believe there is enough doubt to stay the execution," tweeted Matt Schlapp, chair of the American Conservative Union and former director of political affairs in the George W. \u201cStill holding vigil and \ud83d\ude4f outside office in hopes of #JusticeforJulius\u201d - Justice for Julius for Julius)Įven death penalty supporters are arguing for clemency. Jones' supporters on Wednesday held a vigil outside Stitt's office as high school students across the Oklahoma City metro area walked out of their classrooms in solidarity with the condemned man. and around the globe, including the European Union, in calling for a commutation. Kamau Bell, Kim Kardashian West, and Russell Westbrook have joined religious and political figures and institutions across the U.S.
Intellectuals, celebrities, and athletes including W. The Independent reports more than six million people have signed a petition urging Stitt to spare Jones' life. None of them have been offered a shorter sentence or incentive in exchange for disclosing Jordan's confessions. None of the three men have met Jones and they do not know one another.
CLEMENCY JULIUS JONES FREE
Jordan served 15 years in prison and is free today. Christopher Jordan, the state's star witness against Jones, was given a plea deal in exchange for testifying that Jones was the shooter.Jones did not match the description of the person who committed the crime, which was provided by a sole eyewitness.Jones or his family members to the stand. Julius Jones was at home having dinner with his parents and sister at the time of the murder however, his legal team failed to present his alibi at his original trial.There is compelling evidence of Jones' innocence. And put simply, I have doubts about this case," board chairman Adam Luck, a Stitt appointee, said at the time. "Personally, I believe in death penalty cases there should be no doubts. However, on September 13, the state pardons board-a majority of whose members were appointed by the Republican governor- voted 3-1 to recommend Stitt commute Jones' death sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Stitt needs to be a moral leader for his state and stop this execution."įorty-one-year-old Jones, who is Black, was sentenced to death in 2002 after being convicted by a nearly all-white jury-one of whose members said that "they should just take the nigger out and shoot him behind the jail"-for the murder of businessman Paul Scott Howell. "That's why the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended commutation two separate times. "There is significant evidence that Julius Jones is innocent," tweeted anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean. Stitt needs to be a moral leader for his state and stop this execution." Kevin Stitt to commute Jones' death sentence have crescendoed ahead of Thursday's scheduled execution. Noting that Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board has twice recommended clemency for condemned inmate Julius Jones, calls from millions of people around the world and across the political spectrum-including from capital punishment supporters-for Gov.
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