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Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones files clemency petition ahead of hearing

Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones files clemency petition ahead of hearing
EXACTLY. SO THE PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD WILL MEET HERE ON OCTEROB 26 SPEAKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TODAY. I GOT A BETRTE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS CLEMENCY HEARING COMING UP WILL BE MUCH MORE ROBUST THAN THE COMMUTATION HEARING. JULIUS JONES CONVICTED OF KILLING EDMOND BUSESSMANIN PAUL HOWELL IN 1999 JONES HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE A NEW LAW ALLOWED JONES TO APPLY FOR COMMUTATION IN 2019 THE NOTION THAT DEATH ROW INMATE. COULD HAVE A COMMUTAONTI HEARING IS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME UP. IN 2019, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE ATTORYNE GENERAL’S OFFICE AND THE PARDON PAROLE BOARD AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT A COMMUTATION HEARING WAS POSSIBLE FOR A DEATH ROW IN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ENHANCED STAGE 2 COMMUTATION HEARGIN FOR INMATE JULIUS JONES DEFENSE PROSECUTION AND VICTIMS EACH GOT 30 MINUTES PRESENT THEIR COMMUTATION CASEN I SEPTEMBER A MUTATION IS RECOMMENDEDHE T GOVERNOR DECIDED NOT TO TEAK THE BOARD’S RECOMMENDATION INSTEAD WAITING FOR THE UPCOMING CLEMENCY HEARING. THATAS THE W PRECEDENT THAT HE WANTED TO THAT HE WANTED TO STICK WITH THAT DEATH ROW CASES BE BE HEARD. THROUGH A CLEMENCY PROCESS NOT A COMMUTATION PROCESS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE PARTY IN. BOARD SAYS ONE OFHE T BIGGEST DIFFERENCES THIS TIME AROUND COULD BE HEARING FROM JONES. HE WASOT N PRESENT FOR THE COMMUTATION DUE TO MISCONDUCT IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TOHE T HEARING THE OTHER DIFFERENCE TIME. IT’S A MORE ROBUST PROCESS RULES ALLOW FOR LONGER TIMES 40 MINUSTE FROM THE OFFENDERS ATTORNEY 40 MINUTES FROM THE STATE. THEY CAN RESERVE SOMEF O THAT TIME FOR REBUTTAL AND SUMMATION. THE VICTIMS GET 20 MINUTES BATES SAYS THE CLEMENCY HEANGRI MUST TAKE PLACE 21 DAYS PORRI TO AN EXECUTION DATE ALLOWING THE GOVERNOR TIME TO CONSIDER THE BO ARD’S RECOMMENDATION. SHOULD THEY RECOMMEND CLEMENCY? AND JONES EXECUTION DATE IS STILL SET AT THIS POINT FOR NOVEMBER 18TH LIVE IN OKLAH
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Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones files clemency petition ahead of hearing
Oklahoma’s high-profile death row inmate Julius Jones on Friday filed a petition for clemency with the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. >> Read the petition here An execution date has been set for Nov. 18 for Jones, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1999 killing of Edmond businessman Paul Howell. Related Video Above: What to expect at clemency hearing for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius JonesOklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board had voted to commute Jones’ death sentence. Gov. Kevin Stitt then said that he will not make a decision on Jones’ case until after his clemency hearing, saying that a clemency hearing is the "appropriate venue" for death penalty cases.>> Related: Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends Julius Jones' sentence be commutedAs an execution date was set for Jones, it triggered formal clemency proceedings under Oklahoma law, according to a news release from Jones’s defense team. >> Related: What to expect at clemency hearing for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius JonesJones’s attorney, Amanda Bass, said in the news release that, “We hope the additional evidence presented in these clemency proceedings will reinforce the Board’s initial vote to recommend commuting Julius’s death sentence and that Governor Stitt will exercise his authority to ensure Oklahoma does not execute an innocent man.”>> Related: ‘Extremely disappointed’: Paul Howell family issues statement in response to commutation recommendation for Julius JonesJones’ clemency hearing is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Oct. 26. There have been documentaries, petitions, a Justice for Julius campaign, which is backed by big-name celebrities and athletes, and more. Howell’s family has also started a campaign to prove that Jones is guilty of Howell’s death. >> Related: Family starts ‘Justice for Paul Howell’ campaign as death row inmate Julius Jones maintains innocence

Oklahoma’s high-profile death row inmate Julius Jones on Friday filed a petition for clemency with the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.

>> Read the petition here

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An execution date has been set for Nov. 18 for Jones, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1999 killing of Edmond businessman Paul Howell.

Related Video Above: What to expect at clemency hearing for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones

Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board had voted to commute Jones’ death sentence. Gov. Kevin Stitt then said that he will not make a decision on Jones’ case until after his clemency hearing, saying that a clemency hearing is the "appropriate venue" for death penalty cases.

>> Related: Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends Julius Jones' sentence be commuted

As an execution date was set for Jones, it triggered formal clemency proceedings under Oklahoma law, according to a news release from Jones’s defense team.

>> Related: What to expect at clemency hearing for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones

Jones’s attorney, Amanda Bass, said in the news release that, “We hope the additional evidence presented in these clemency proceedings will reinforce the Board’s initial vote to recommend commuting Julius’s death sentence and that Governor Stitt will exercise his authority to ensure Oklahoma does not execute an innocent man.”

>> Related: ‘Extremely disappointed’: Paul Howell family issues statement in response to commutation recommendation for Julius Jones

Jones’ clemency hearing is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Oct. 26.

There have been documentaries, petitions, a Justice for Julius campaign, which is backed by big-name celebrities and athletes, and more. Howell’s family has also started a campaign to prove that Jones is guilty of Howell’s death.

>> Related: Family starts ‘Justice for Paul Howell’ campaign as death row inmate Julius Jones maintains innocence