{"id":5078,"date":"2021-11-18T10:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T18:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=5078"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:56:23","slug":"oklahoma-set-to-execute-another-murderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=5078","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Set to Execute Another Murderer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma is set to execute its second murderer in four weeks as convicted murderer Julius Jones faces lethal injection later today.\u00a0 The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/julius-jones-executed-clemency\">reports<\/a> that celebrities and high school students gathered at the state capital to demand that Governor Kevin Stitt grant clemency.\u00a0 Jones has maintained his innocence for two decades and his case was profiled by a three-part CBS documentary produced by actress Viola Davis which suggested that an accomplice actually shot and killed businessman Paul Howell in front of his sister and two daughters on July 28, 1999.\u00a0 Following his conviction and sentence Jones claimed on habeas corpus, that a 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/48572977\">study<\/a>\u00a0 finding that black murderers who killed white victims were more likely to be sentenced to death, suggesting that Jones, who is black, is facing execution because of his race and the race of his victim, who was white.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>:\u00a0 Governor Stitt has just commuted Jones&#8217; sentence to life without parole as reported <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/high-profile-execution-looms-julius-045159125.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>State and county prosecutors have said the evidence against Jones is overwhelming. Trial transcripts show witnesses identified Jones as the shooter and placed him with Howell\u2019s stolen vehicle shortly after the murder. Investigators also found the murder weapon wrapped in a bandana with Jones\u2019 DNA in an attic space above his bedroom. Jones claims the murder weapon was placed there by the actual killer, who visited Jones\u2019 house after Howell was shot.\u00a0\u00a0 The victim&#8217;s sister testified before the clemency board that she distinctly remembers seeing Jones shoot her brother in front of his two young daughters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is the same person today as he was 22 years ago. He\u2019s still getting into trouble. He\u2019s still in a gang. He\u2019s still lying. And he still feels no shame, guilt or remorse for his action,&#8221; Tobey said. &#8220;We need Julius Jones to be held responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma is set to execute its second murderer in four weeks as convicted murderer Julius Jones faces lethal injection later today.\u00a0 The Associated Press reports that celebrities and high school students gathered at the state capital to demand that Governor Kevin Stitt grant clemency.\u00a0 Jones has maintained his innocence for two decades and his case was profiled by a three-part CBS documentary produced by actress Viola Davis which suggested that an accomplice actually shot and killed businessman Paul Howell in front of his sister and two daughters on July 28, 1999.\u00a0 Following his conviction and sentence Jones claimed on habeas corpus, that a 2017 study\u00a0 finding that black murderers who killed white victims were more likely to be sentenced to death, suggesting that Jones, who is black, is facing execution because of his race and the race of his victim, who was white. UPDATE:\u00a0 Governor Stitt has just commuted Jones&#8217; sentence to life without parole as reported here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death-penalty","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oklahoma Set to Execute Another Murderer - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=5078\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oklahoma Set to Execute Another Murderer - Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oklahoma is set to execute its second murderer in four weeks as convicted murderer Julius Jones faces lethal injection later today.\u00a0 The Associated Press reports that celebrities and high school students gathered at the state capital to demand that Governor Kevin Stitt grant clemency.\u00a0 Jones has maintained his innocence for two decades and his case was profiled by a three-part CBS documentary produced by actress Viola Davis which suggested that an accomplice actually shot and killed businessman Paul Howell in front of his sister and two daughters on July 28, 1999.\u00a0 Following his conviction and sentence Jones claimed on habeas corpus, that a 2017 study\u00a0 finding that black murderers who killed white victims were more likely to be sentenced to death, suggesting that Jones, who is black, is facing execution because of his race and the race of his victim, who was white. 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