Author: Darla Shelden
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Oklahoma P&P Board Recommends Governor Should Commute Julius Jones’s Death Sentence
Equal Justice Initiative, 09.13.21 Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board today recommended that Julius Jones’s death sentence be commuted to life in prison after board members expressed doubts about his guilt in a 1999 shooting. “I believe in death penalty cases […]
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Julius Jones granted “Stage Two” commutation hearing by OK Pardon and Parole Board
Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel OKLAHOMA CITY – On March 3, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board passed Julius Jones’ death penalty case on to a “Stage Two” commutation hearing that will take place in September. The board voted 3-1 […]
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Oklahoma death row prisoners’ secure right for new trial in their Eighth Amendment challenge to state lethal injection protocol
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter — OKLAHOMA CITY – Today (Wed,, August 11) Federal District Judge Stephen Friot issued a dramatic ruling that the prisoners’ Eighth Amendment challenge to the protocol may proceed to a trial on the merits […]
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