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1. www.oklahoman.com › story › newsJohn Grant's execution in Oklahoma: What we know about his case.

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   Oct 28, 2021 · On Nov. 13, 1998, Grant was serving time for armed robbery when he fatally stabbed 58-year-old Gay Carter with a sharpened screwdriver in a kitchen at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy. Lawyers for John Grant cited his childhood in clemency petition.

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2. time.com › 6098477Julius Jones’ Execution Commuted: What to Know | TIME

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   Sep 22, 2021 · On Nov. 11, the Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole Board recommended that Gov. Kevin Stitt grant clemency to Jones, a Black man who’s been on death row for nearly 20 years. “I continue to...

3. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsOklahoma man says he didn't commit the crime he's set to die ...

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   Sep 25, 2024 · While Littlejohn has exhausted his appeals, he awaits a clemency decision from Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, after the state parole board voted 3-2 to recommend commuting his sentence to life...

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4. oklahomawatch.org › 2021/11/16 › as-stitt-weighsHow Three Previous Governors Approached Executive Clemency

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   Nov 16, 2021 · Three governors who preceded Stitt—Frank Keating, Brad Henry and Mary Fallin—faced similar decisions on executive clemency. The state Pardon and Parole Board, whose members are appointed by the governor, recommended clemency for 13 death row prisoners between 2001 and 2013.

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5. apnews.com › article › executions-oklahoma-juliusOklahoma governor grants clemency, spares Julius Jones’ life

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   Nov 18, 2021 · Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has agreed to commute the death sentence of condemned inmate Julius Jones, who was convicted of murder for a 1999 killing. Stitt announced his decision on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, the day of Jones’ scheduled execution.

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6. www.oklahoman.com › story › newsOklahoma executions: Governors have given clemency to men before

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   Nov 16, 2021 · The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 Nov. 1 to recommend Stitt grant clemency to Jones and reduce his sentence to life in prison with the possibility of parole. More than a hundred people convicted of murder have been put to death since executions resumed in Oklahoma in 1990 for the first time in two decades.

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   Why did Michael Grant get clemency?

   • Grant’s clemency petition said he never had a chance in life after being born to a single mother of nine children in abject poverty, growing up in a crime-plagued Oklahoma City housing project and having to steal food to help feed his siblings. He was commonly called “the bastard of the family,” his lawyers said.

   John Grant's execution in Oklahoma: What we know about his case

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   Did Stitt deny clemency recommendations?

   • Stitt has denied clemency recommendations from the board in three other cases: Bigler Stouffer, James Coddington and Phillip Hancock, all of whom were executed. "Justice has been served for the murder of Kenny Meers," state Attorney General Gentner Drummond said after the execution was completed.

   Oklahoma executes man for 1992 killing despite board recommending

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   Will Oklahoma grant clemency to a black man on death row?

   • On Nov. 11, the Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole Board recommended that Gov. Kevin Stitt grant clemency to Jones, a Black man who’s been on death row for nearly 20 years. “I continue to believe there is still doubt in this case,” board member Kelly Doyle said, according to the Associated Press.

   Julius Jones’ Execution Commuted: What to Know - TIME

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   Who was John Grant & how did he die?

   • Grant was killed by lethal injection at 4:21 p.m. Thursday inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. His execution makes him the first person to be executed in Oklahoma in more than six years. He was convicted on a first-degree murder charge and sentenced to death in 2000.

   John Grant's execution in Oklahoma: What we know about his case

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   Did Texas Governor Greg Abbott grant clemency to death row prisoners?

   • In 2018, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott granted clemency to death row prisoner Thomas Whitaker 30 minutes before his scheduled execution. The Georgia Board of Pardons, which does not need the governor’s approval in clemency decisions, spared the life of death row prisoner Jimmy Meders six hours before his scheduled execution.

   How Three Previous Governors Approached Executive Clemency

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   Can Stitt accept or reject the Parole Board's recommendation?

   • Stitt can accept, modify or reject the state Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation that Jones’ sentence be modified to life in prison. The U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Criminal Appeals denied an execution stay request from Jones and three other death row prisoners on Friday, leaving the decision in Stitt’s hands.

   How Three Previous Governors Approached Executive Clemency

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8. www.cbsnews.com › news › oklahoma-emmanuelOklahoma executes man for 1992 killing despite board ...

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   Sep 26, 2024 · Stitt has granted clemency only once during his nearly six years in office, in 2021, when he commuted Julius Jones' death sentence to life without parole just hours before Jones was scheduled...