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November 17, 2021

Julius Jones Set to Be Executed on Nov. 18 Unless Clemency Granted, Despite Evidence of Innocence
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In Oklahoma, advocates have been rallying outside the barricaded
governor's mansion ahead of the planned Thursday execution of prisoner
Julius Jones. Jones was convicted of a 1999 murder but has maintained
his innocence. Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board twice recommended that
his death sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of
parole but the final decision now rests with Governor Kevin Stitt. The
Innocence Project has said three prisoners incarcerated with Jones'
co-defendant, Christopher Jordan, have said in sworn affidavits that
Jordan told them that he committed the murder and framed Julius Jones.


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