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November 5, 2021

Clemency Recommended for OK Man Facing Execution; Judge Denies New Trial for TX Death Row Prisoner
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Oklahama's Pardon and Parole Board has recommended clemency for Julius
Jones, an African American man sentenced to die for a 1999 murder he
says he did not commit. Calls are mounting for Oklahoma Governor Kevin
Stitt to halt Jones's execution, scheduled for November 18.

Meanwhile, a Texas judge has denied a request to grant a new murder
trial to Rodney Reed, an African American prisoner sentenced to death by
an all-white jury in 1998 for a crime he's always denied committing.
Lawyers say there's compelling evidence that another man may be
responsible for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old white
woman. You can see our coverage of both death penalty cases, of Julius
Jones and Rodney Reed, at democracynow.org.


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