Author: Darla Shelden
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Man convulsed, vomited in Oklahoma’s first execution since 2015
By Adrian O’Hanlon III Editor Oct 28, 2021, McAlester News John Marion Grant convulsed nearly two dozen times and Oklahoma prison officials wiped vomit from his face before his death was pronounced at 4:21 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State […]
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Julius Jones: Oklahoma recommends taking man off death row weeks before execution, citing ‘inherently wrong’ case
By Josh Marcus San Francisco, The Independent, Nov. 1, 2021 The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended three-to-one that death row inmate Julius Jones’ upcoming execution should be stopped. The vote comes just weeks before he was set to be […]
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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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