Evidence also shows that a juror used the n-word before jury deliberations at the sentencing phase – the US Supreme Court has stated in multiple cases that blatant racism cannot be allowed to permeate a criminal prosecution. Without a preserved record, appellate courts cannot reach issues that may have tainted the prosecution or the jury’s result. They did not object to several issues which would have been appealable.
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Jones’ trial attorneys had never tried a death penalty case and admitted in several subsequent affidavits that their defense was ineffective. Jones’ co-defendant was offered a secret deal by the prosecution to testify against Jones–receive a life sentence but get out on parole in 15 years. The arresting officer said a racial epithet when arresting Jones for the crime. Julius Jones was arrested for the crime, and convicted of the murder in 2002, after a long arduous capital murder trial that took place largely under the tenure of “Cowboy” Bob Macy (ranked the nation’s second “deadliest prosecutor” in a study by Harvard University). The murder occurred in front of his two young daughters and his sister. Howell did not survive the gunshot wounds. Paul Howell was gunned down in his parents’ Edmond driveway in 1999 by a black man who shot twice and took his SUV, ultimately speeding away.
On Monday, September 13th, 2021 the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 to recommend sentence commutation on the case of death row inmate Julius Jones. SeptemA Favorable Vote for Julius Jones: What it Means and What’s Next Supporters march in support of Julius Jones’s commutation.
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