November 17, 2021
Julius Jones was scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. (click here) Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, however, announced at noon Thursday he has commuted Jones' sentence to life without the possibility of parole.
Jones, now 41, has been on death row for more than half of his life for the murder of Paul Howell.
Jones has maintained his innocence, saying he was not responsible for the fatal shooting in Edmond in 1999....