Ward’s co-defendant in the case, Karl Fontenot, had his conviction and sentence overturned and was ordered released by a federal judge in Muskogee late last year. The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office appealed that decision to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering arguments made earlier this year in the case.
Jones’ supporters are trying to save him from death row, attempts the Oklahoma Attorney General believes are sincere but misguided.
Should Julius Jones have his sentence commuted, staving off execution? Read op-eds from Attorney General Mike Hunter and Jones supporter Annie Clark.
Tavarreon Dickerson, 27, was convicted by a Tulsa County jury of first-degree child abuse murder in December 2017 for the death of 6-week-old Raylie Dickerson.
Efforts to shorten prison sentences and roll back the use of sentence enhancements have so far been blocked by state district attorneys.
It has resulted in scores of child abuse convictions in Oklahoma, but could the diagnosis be sending some innocent people to prison?
After nearly a decade of fighting to have her conviction for first-degree murder overturned, her release from prison came with a cost.
Photographs of prison meals show lots of starches and few fresh fruits and vegetables.
