![]() Three people sent to death row by Macy have already been exonerated.Īntoinette Jones, Julius’ sister, said today was an important day for her family. Oklahoma County has a history of overturned convictions and exonerations, particularly during the era of former District Attorney Bob Macy, whose office prosecuted Jones’ case.Īccording to the press release, one-third of Macy’s death penalty convictions were overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct, according to Harvard’s Fair Punishment Project. “We are thrilled that the Board has agreed to consider the growing body of evidence that Julius is innocent, and convinced that any fair and impartial review of the facts of the case will result in the commutation of his sentence and his release from prison,” Baich continued. “It is unimaginable that the state would execute a man given that another suspect in the case confessed to the crime multiple times. “Christopher Jordan spent years behind bars casually confessing to murder and to framing Julius,” said Dale Baich, Julius’ attorney. Rencently, Jones’ defense team shared new evidence of his innocence, including a sworn affidavit from a man who said that Jones’ codefendant, Christopher Jordan, confessed to the murder Jones is on death row for ( read the affidavit here). Julius Jones, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for nearly two decades for a murder he says he did not commit, will now get a chance to present the case for his innocence to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. The board voted 3-1 with board members Adam Luck, Kelly Doyle and Larry Morris voting yes. OKLAHOMA CITY – On March 3, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board passed Julius Jones’ death penalty case on to a “Stage Two” commutation hearing that will take place in September.
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