Julius Jones: Where does the Oklahoma death row inmate's case stand?

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A second-stage proceeding began Monday successful the high-profile Julius Jones decease punishment case.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board convened astatine 9:30 a.m. to see Jones's commutation petition aft a authoritative attempted to region 2 members of the committee from the conversation.

Jones is presently sentenced to decease successful the 1999 sidesplitting of Edmond antheral Paul Howell.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied the petition to region Adam Luck and Kelly Doyle from the lawsuit connected Friday. The petition had argued that Luck and Doyle had a struggle of involvement owed to their enactment with released inmates.

On Monday, committee subordinate Scott Williams recused himself from the proceedings aft a question filling that attempted to constituent retired different imaginable struggle of interest.

The committee could ballot to commute oregon urge downgrading Jones’s condemnation to beingness successful situation with oregon without the anticipation of parole, but Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt would marque the last decision.

Jones, 41, has maintained his innocence since his apprehension and says helium was framed by the existent slayer who was a authorities witnesser successful the lawsuit against him.

Kim Kardashian West and athletes with Oklahoma ties, including NBA stars Russell Westbrook, Blake Griffin and Trae Young person each made calls for the commutation of Jones's sentence.

Former authorities Attorney General Mike Hunter has said the grounds against Jones is overwhelming with accusation from proceedings transcripts showing that witnesses identified Jones arsenic the shooter and placed him with Howell’s stolen vehicle. Investigators recovered the execution limb and a bandana with Jones’s DNA successful an attic abstraction supra his bedroom, but Jones says successful his commutation filing that the weapon and bandana were planted determination by the existent killer.

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