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New Year New Justice Supporters of clemency for Julius Jones will walk 131 miles from the Oklahoma State Capitol on December 31st to McAlester on January 3rd.

It has been one year since our team of five advocates left the State Capitol in Oklahoma City to walk 131 miles to the S...
12/31/2021

It has been one year since our team of five advocates left the State Capitol in Oklahoma City to walk 131 miles to the State Penitentiary in McAlester in support of Julius Jones and his freedom.
Since then, Julius was granted two commutation hearings with the support of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. He received a recommendation for a commuted sentence of life with the potential for parole. On the day of his scheduled ex*****on, Governor Kevin Stitt granted him clemency and reduced his sentence to life without parole. We celebrate today the work of Justice for Julius & the continuing life of Julius Jones.
We continue to fight for his freedom and advocate in solidarity with his family and friends for his release.

With under four hours until the scheduled ex*****on, Governor Stitt has signed the recommendation to grant clemency and ...
11/18/2021

With under four hours until the scheduled ex*****on, Governor Stitt has signed the recommendation to grant clemency and commute the sentence of Julius Jones to life without the possibility of parole.

With only five hours remaining, all eyes are on Governor Kevin Stitt.Julius Jones has shared the details of the evening ...
11/18/2021

With only five hours remaining, all eyes are on Governor Kevin Stitt.
Julius Jones has shared the details of the evening and days following the murder of Paul Howell in his application for a commutation, commutation hearing, and clemency hearing before the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board. After outlining the sequence of events which placed him in his parents’ Oklahoma City home at the time of the shooting, he goes on to share some of the injustices he experienced in his trial and court process.
Within his application, he explained that “my overworked, underpaid, and inexperienced trial lawyers failed to adequately investigate my alibi, failed to present helpful evidence, and didn’t call a single member of my family to testify that I was at home with them on the night of the crime. In fact, my lawyers simply rested after the state finished its case without presenting any evidence or calling a single witness, including me. At the very last minute, they advised me to not testify.”
Julius was prepared to defend himself at the time of his trial and plead innocent to the crimes he was charged with, but was not granted the opportunity to do so by his ineffective defense team. His clemency hearing was the first time he was able to speak on his own behalf in 22 years.

With just ten hours remaining until the ex*****on, we again ask that Governor Kevin Stitt do the right thing & sign off ...
11/18/2021

With just ten hours remaining until the ex*****on, we again ask that Governor Kevin Stitt do the right thing & sign off on the recommendation of the Pardon & Parole Board. The power to stop the ex*****on remains in his hands.
For the break following his freshman year, Julius Jones returned home to Oklahoma City to spend time with his family. In August of 1999, before he could start his sophomore year at Oklahoma University, 19 year old Julius was charged with the July 28th murder of Paul Howell, who was shot and killed outside his parents’ Edmond home. Julius’s parents recall spending the same late July evening at home with their son, sharing a meal and watching a cartoon together. It would be two more years before he was moved to death row.

Pressing onward, we ask that Governor Kevin Stitt honor the recommendations of his Pardon & Parole Board and commute the...
11/18/2021

Pressing onward, we ask that Governor Kevin Stitt honor the recommendations of his Pardon & Parole Board and commute the sentence of Julius Jones. Without this intervention, Julius will be executed in just 15 hours.
After graduating high school, Julius received an academic scholarship to attend Oklahoma University. In the fall of 1998 he left for college, excited to walk on with the basketball team and earn degrees in both architecture and electrical engineering. He would not have the chance to complete his studies at the university.

Our team of advocates left the State Capitol to walk to McAlester a short eleven months ago. Since the walk, Julius has ...
11/18/2021

Our team of advocates left the State Capitol to walk to McAlester a short eleven months ago. Since the walk, Julius has received two recommendations for a commuted sentence after a historic commutation hearing & a clemency hearing in which he was finally able to speak on his own behalf after 22 years of wrongful imprisonment. As we approach 11/18 at 4pm, the scheduled time of his ex*****on without the intervention of Governor Kevin Stitt, we want to share again the story which compelled so many to advocate, speak up, attend rallies and marches, and demand Justice for Julius.
Julius Jones was born in northwestern OKC on July 25, 1980. He attended Hoover Middle School and John Marshall High School, where he played basketball and football. He was a great student and enjoyed helping others through tutoring.

There are only 8 days left before the scheduled ex*****on date for Julius Jones. It is difficult to share words more com...
11/10/2021

There are only 8 days left before the scheduled ex*****on date for Julius Jones. It is difficult to share words more compelling than those he spoke in his own defense after 22 years of wrongful imprisonment on death row. The following statement was given just before the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board voted 3-1 in support of commuting Julius’ sentence.
“I have felt terrible about their loss and I don’t ever want it to get lost that me and my family recognize that they lost a loved one. I have lived with that thought every single day and carried the weight of them hating me for something I didn’t even do. I know I have broken the law, but I have never been a violent man. If you really look at my actual record, it is larceny. It doesn’t make it any better that I just stole things, but I never accosted people. That was not what I was into. Again- I just want the Howell family to know that I do recognize their loss, and I hope at some point that they get to heal, and to keep cherishing their loved one.
I hope this board gets the chance to really examine who I am and not the fear that has been talked about me, and the hate, because this is not about hate, it’s about the truth. The truth is that I didn’t shoot that man, I did not kill Mr. Paul Howell. I wasn’t involved in it in any way, I wasn’t present, I didn’t even know he had been killed until after the fact. I wish I could have made better decisions when I was younger- I wish- but I cannot change the past. That’s all I ask for you all to consider.”
Please reach out to Governor Kevin Stitt by letter, email, or phone, and ask that he recognize the Pardon & Parole Board’s recommendation to commute Julius’ sentence to life with the possibility of parole.

We will be going live from our Instagram page for the march to Julius’ clemency hearing vigil this morning.Please follo...
11/01/2021

We will be going live from our Instagram page for the march to Julius’ clemency hearing vigil this morning.
Please follow Justice for Julius for more updates.

After over 20 years of wrongful imprisonment, Julius Jones is only three days away from his opportunity to present the e...
09/11/2021

After over 20 years of wrongful imprisonment, Julius Jones is only three days away from his opportunity to present the evidence of his case to the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board. This commutation hearing comes as a direct result of the March 8th vote by the board in favor of Julius.
After a busy few weeks complicated by the Attorney General’s recommended ex*****on dates, the District Attorney’s request to remove board members from his hearing, and a vote by the Pardon & Parole Board to determine the timeline for a clemency hearing, we are excited for Julius and his team to have the opportunity to present the injustices he has endured for over two decades and evidence of his innocence in this commutation hearing.
As we prepare for a weekend of events, we ask that letters and words of support continue to be sent to the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board, as well as to Governor Kevin Stitt. Links to contact information and formatted letters are available on the Justice for Julius website, https://www.justiceforjuliusjones.com/

03/08/2021

Hear the reaction from Julius Jones supporter Jennifer Blew as the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board votes and Julius is passed to a Stage Two hearing with a 3-1 vote.

03/08/2021

A video, courtesy of The Table, from the moment the vote was finalized and Julius was passed to a Stage Two Commutation Hearing.

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