Author: Darla Shelden
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OCCA Denies Petition in Julius Jones Death Penalty Case
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – On Friday, September 28, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) dismissed a petition by death row prisoner Julius Jones, seeking a hearing to present new evidence of racial bias in his case. This new evidence, […]
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BREAKING: Could Oklahoma appeals court take a fresh look at the Julius Jones conviction?
by Patrick B. McGuigan and Darla Shelden The City Sentinel, July 25, 2018 The City Sentinel has learned that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) has withdrawn a June order denying requests to look at evidence of racial bias on the […]
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Want to help Julius Jones, now on Oklahoma’s death row, get a new trial?
ACTION ALERT: In 1999, Julius Darius Jones, an African American 19-year-old former high school basketball state champion and star football player, was arrested days after a businessman was shot to death in Edmond, OK. At the time of the murder, […]
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