Several speeches were made at the rally encouraging those present to take heart and continue to fight for Julius Jones’ life to be spared by the Governor. Hamon said that she was staunchly against the death sentence in any case. “I wanted to show my support for the Justice for Julius group and what they’re trying to push for and just raising that awareness about this imminent deadline of his execution date and what they’re doing and in trying to stop the state from killing him,” said Hamon. Oklahoma City Council member JoBeth Hamon attended the rally and march to oppose Jones’ death sentence. “we don’t need the state to determine who lives and who dies.”ĭuron Wise, foreground, James England (green cap) and OKC Councilor JoBeth Hamon (clapping) listened to the speeches encouraging action to bring others into the conversation about Jones. “I am here because I oppose the death penalty in all cases innocent, guilty, whatever,” James England told us. Against the death penaltyįree Press talked to two people at the rally who, aside from Jones’ case, are steadfastly against the death penalty for anyone. “I looked into the story and did my research,” said Morton. Kimberli Morton was at the rally out of support for Jones and told Free Press that she believes Jones should not be on death row or even in prison. Questions about the competence of the two public defenders who were out of their league defending Jones in a murder case and questions about testimony given by his alleged accomplice have endured for years. Jones has been on death row for half of his life after being convicted in 2000 for the murder of Paul Howell, and Edmond resident. “I am not accepting the Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation to commute the sentence of Julius Jones because a clemency hearing, not a commutation hearing, is the more appropriate venue for our state to consider death-row cases,” Stitt said. (file, Brett Dickerson/Okla City Free Press) Governor Kevin Stitt answers questions in a news conference at the Oklahoma Capitol Building 4-22-20. However, Stitt chose to ignore the board’s recommendation.
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