A month after Governor Stitt kicked the can down the road, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted yesterday to recommend clemency for death row inmate Julius Jones, the guy who was convicted of murdering an Edmond man back in 1999.
Here are details via the AP:
Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended that Gov. Kevin Stitt spare the life of Julius Jones, a man who has been on death row while proclaiming his innocence for more than two decades in the 1999 killing of a suburban Oklahoma City businessman.
The board recommended in 3-1 votes that Stitt grant Jones clemency and commute his sentence to life in prison with the possibility of parole after hearing from Jones, 41, who testified via video link from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Several members of the panel agreed they had doubts about the evidence that led to Jones’ conviction...
Jones’ fate now rests with Stitt, who must decide whether to let Jones be executed or commute his sentence.