Legislation and Advocacy
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HELP SUPPORT JULIUS JONES’ CLEMENCY PETITION
ACTION ALERT: In 1999, Julius Darius Jones, an African American 19-year-old former high school basketball state champion and star football player on academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma, was arrested days after a businessman was shot to death in […]
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Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission recommends extension of execution moratorium
by Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel editor OKLAHOMA CITY, April 25, 2017 – The Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission issued a unanimous recommendation that the state extend the moratorium on the death penalty which has been in place for […]
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Panel to study constitutionality of Oklahoma death penalty system
by Graham Lee Brewer, The Oklahoman, March 30, 2016 Backed by a national research group, a newly formed commission of former elected officials, prosecutors, judges, public defenders and advocates will study the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s death penalty over the next […]
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