Julius Jones passes another test, case for commutation moves to Stage 2
Julius Jones’ case for innocence passed a significant hurdle on Monday as the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to move his case to a Stage 2 commutation hearing.
DA asks Pardon and Parole Board member to recuse from Julius Jones’ case over 2019 retweet of Kim Kardashian
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater asked Adam Luck to recuse from hearing Jones’ case because Luck had retweeted a Kardashian tweet from 2019 while explaining the significance of Jones’ application.
Shot by Shot: Tracking Oklahoma police shootings in 2021
There have been at least 8 fatal police shootings in Oklahoma this year, records show.
Julius Jones’ co-defendant admitted in prison to Paul Howell slaying, inmate says
“If this man is wrongfully executed, by continuing to conceal this information, I feel as if I would have had a hand in putting this man to death and I can’t live with that on my conscience,” Roderick Wesley wrote in a letter to Julius Jones’ attorneys.
Julius Jones to appear before Pardon and Parole Board in March
Jones, whose case has caught the attention of celebrities, athletes and musicians across the country, will be the first death row inmate to appear before the board as he seeks to have his death penalty sentence commuted.
‘No mental help:’ Man’s death in jail preceded by pleas for help from family, they say
Stephens’ mother Shannon Stephens and his aunt say they left messages at the detention center’s administrative offices dozens of times in the months leading up to his death.
Oklahoma County promised to fix its jail more than 10 year ago, but deaths and staffing issues continue
Six detention officers at the Oklahoma County jail have been charged with assault and mistreatment of inmates since October. Seven inmates have died there in the last three months and at least 84 inmates there have died since 2009, a rate more than double the national average.
Lawmaker proposes ‘Conviction Integrity Unit’ to review death penalty cases
The unit would fall under the state’s Pardon and Parole Board, and the bill comes less than a year after Attorney General Mike Hunter ruled the board could review commutation requests filed by inmates on Oklahoma’s Death Row.
