julius jones

Julius Jones is sitting in an Oklahoma prison, no longer scheduled for execution but with no chance at release. Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Jones’ sentence to life without parole in November 2021, after the state parole board expressed about the doubts about the evidence that led to his conviction for the murder of Paul Howell. Rev. Keith Jossell, Jones’ pastor,...

Julius Jones was scheduled to be executed at 5 p.m. ET in Oklahoma on Thursday.

Oklahoma’s governor has spared the life of Julius Jones, just hours before he was scheduled to be executed

Jones, who is on death row for the July 1999 murder of Paul Howell, is scheduled to be executed Thursday.

After nearly two decades on death row, Julius Jones is getting closer to making his case for a commutation of his sentence. Jones maintains he is innocent of a 1999 murder and his case has gotten attention from Kim Kardashian West and other celebrities, who point to signs of racial bias and other evidence that supports his claim of innocence....