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Nov 18, 2021 · Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has granted clemency to Julius Jones, commuting Jones’ death sentence just hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit.
Nov 18, 2021 · Stitt reduced Jones' sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, intervening before his scheduled lethal injection but falling short of the state parole board's...
Nov 18, 2021 · Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of high-profile death row inmate Julius Jones. Following a recommendation from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, Stitt on Thursday granted clemency to Jones, reducing the inmate's sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Nov 18, 2021 · Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) granted clemency on Thursday to Julius Jones, a man who was previously facing execution later that day as punishment for a murder he says he did not commit.
- Jessica Schulberg
Nov 10, 2023 · The board has recommended clemency in four cases since the state resumed executions in 2021 after a six-year moratorium. Stitt has only granted clemency once, in the case of Julius Jones, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of Paul Howell. Jones’ sentence was commuted to life without parole.
Nov 20, 2021 · Gov. Kevin Stitt granted clemency to Jones Thursday, but said he can not apply for or be considered for commutation, pardon or parole for the remainder of his life. Many are questioning whether Stitt has that authority.
Aug 7, 2024 · Stitt has granted clemency only once, in 2021, to death row inmate Julius Jones, commuting his sentence to life without parole just hours before Jones was scheduled to receive a lethal injection.
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