HIS LIFE TODAY. YES, AND IT CAME DOWN TO A CLOSE VOTE. IT WAS A 3 TO 2 VOTE EXCUSE ME, THAT ULTIMATELY DENIED CANNON’S REQUEST FOR CLEMENCY. BUT HE WAS SAYING EARLIER TODAY IN THE HEARING HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD KNEW HIS SIDE OF THE STORY AND WHY THEY SHOULD SHOW HIM MERCY. NOW, THEY WERE EXPLAINING CANNON IS CONVICTED OF MURDERING SHARONDA CLARK BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 1995. HIS LEGAL TEAM ARGUED CANNON WAS NOT GIVEN A FAIR INITIAL TRIAL PRIOR TO THAT CONVICTION. THEY ALSO SAY CANNON WAS REACTING IN SELF DEFENSE WHEN AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN HIMSELF AND CLARK ESCALATED QUICKLY IN CLARK’S HOME IN TULSA COUNTY. BUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ARGUED AFTER THE STATE’S INVESTIGATION IT WAS CLEAR BY CANNON’S ACTIONS OF LEAVING THE HOME AFTER STABBING HER TO DEATH. HE COULD NOT BACK UP HIS CASE FOR SELF DEFENSE. ROUGHLY 28 YEARS LATER, CANNON WANTED THE PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD TO HEAR HIS SIDE AND UNDERSTAND WHY HE BELIEVES THAT WHAT HE HAD DONE WAS AN ACT OF SELF DEFENSE SIDE. SHE SHE THREW A BROKEN WINDOW ON THE FATHER OF OLDEST DAUGHTER, AND YET HE RAN AWAY THE SAME THING WITH FATHER DOWN SOUTH. SHE AFFECTED WHAT HE THOUGHT OUTSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF HER CHARACTER TO BE THAT AGGRESSIVE,
Pardon and Parole Board votes against recommending clemency for death row inmate Jemaine Cannon
Cannon has been on death row for 27 years after being convicted of murdering Sharonda Clark in February 1995 in her Tulsa apartment
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Updated: 4:10 PM CDT Jun 7, 2023
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted against recommending clemency for a death row inmate convicted of killing a woman in 1995 in her Tulsa apartment. | MORE | Legal team, supporters outline why Oklahoma death row inmate Jemaine Cannon shouldn't be executedThe board voted 3-2 against recommending clemency for Jemaine Cannon. He has been on death row for 27 years after being convicted of murdering Sharonda Clark in February 1995 in her Tulsa apartment. Prior to Wednesday's clemency hearing, Cannon's legal team argued that he was not allowed a fair trail in 1995. "The evidence suggests it rose out of some sort of argument, and there's a dispute as to who attacked who first," Cannon's attorney, Mark Henricksen, said.>> Download the KOCO 5 App Activists argued Tuesday that the death penalty is not the right form of justice for Cannon's case, saying what he needs is added resources and rehabilitation. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here."When I think of the worst of the worst, I think of the man who killed 189 people in Oklahoma City – not a man who defended himself against someone attacking him," Sue Hosch, with the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, said. "But I do think poverty and race played a big part in what he did."Cannon's fate now lies in Gov. Kevin Stitt's hands, who can take the inmate off death row before his scheduled execution on July 20. "I am pleased the Pardon and Parole Board denied clemency for the monster who brutally murdered Sharonda Clark and deprived her two young children of their mother," Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a news release. "Justice will be served when the death penalty is carried out July 20."Top Headlines Will some of the Olympic Games be coming to Oklahoma City? Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City getting 2 new stores in 2023 Developers working on major project in Edmond say they’re done
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted against recommending clemency for a death row inmate convicted of killing a woman in 1995 in her Tulsa apartment.
| MORE | Legal team, supporters outline why Oklahoma death row inmate Jemaine Cannon shouldn't be executed
The board voted 3-2 against recommending clemency for Jemaine Cannon. He has been on death row for 27 years after being convicted of murdering Sharonda Clark in February 1995 in her Tulsa apartment.
Prior to Wednesday's clemency hearing, Cannon's legal team argued that he was not allowed a fair trail in 1995.
"The evidence suggests it rose out of some sort of argument, and there's a dispute as to who attacked who first," Cannon's attorney, Mark Henricksen, said.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
Activists argued Tuesday that the death penalty is not the right form of justice for Cannon's case, saying what he needs is added resources and rehabilitation.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
"When I think of the worst of the worst, I think of the man who killed 189 people in Oklahoma City – not a man who defended himself against someone attacking him," Sue Hosch, with the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, said. "But I do think poverty and race played a big part in what he did."
Cannon's fate now lies in Gov. Kevin Stitt's hands, who can take the inmate off death row before his scheduled execution on July 20.
"I am pleased the Pardon and Parole Board denied clemency for the monster who brutally murdered Sharonda Clark and deprived her two young children of their mother," Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a news release. "Justice will be served when the death penalty is carried out July 20."
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