His clemency petition states that he has been on death row for two decades for a crime he didn’t commit because of “fundamental breakdowns in the system tasked with deciding” if he was guilty of the crime. To date, his family has maintained that he is innocent. Jones was convicted and sentenced to death.
Jordan also testified against Jones, according to court records. Jones was tried alongside a co-defendant, Christopher Jordan, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a robbery and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. This was after authorities had found the murder weapon wrapped in a red bandana inside his family’s home. Three days later, 19-year-old Jones was arrested at his home. Stitt to do the same by accepting their recommendation.” “I am grateful to the Pardon and Parole Board for again showing they are willing to listen to facts and reason, show compassion, and do what is in their power to right this terrible wrong. “My son Julius has been on death row for over twenty years for a murder he did not commit, and every day of that has been a waking nightmare for my family,” said Madeline Davis-Jones in a statement. The board voted 3-1 to recommend commuting Jones’ sentence to life in prison with the possibility of parole, a release from Jones’ attorneys said. On Monday, the same parole board recommended granting clemency to Jones, who pleaded his case to the board less than three weeks before he is set to be executed. But the governor at the time said he would only decide after a clemency hearing. In September this year, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended Governor Kevin Stitt commute Jones’ sentence to life in prison.
Jones has always insisted that he is innocent, and his family maintains he was home at the time of the murder. Julius Jones was 19 years old when he was convicted of killing Paul Howell in 1999.
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