YEAH, THE DECISION REALLY BRINGING SOME HIGH EMOTIONOT BH FROM JULIUS JONES SUPPORTERS. AND ALSO OF COURSE PAUL HOWELL’S CLOSESTOV LED ONES WHOER WE THERE INSIDE TODAY’S COMMUTATION HEARING OF COURSE WHA YTOU JUST MENTIONED THAT THE PARDON PURL BOARD RECOMMENDS A COMMUTATION OF JULIUS JONES THAT FINAL DECISION THOUGH WILL BE UP TO GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT. COMMUTATION IS RECOMMENDED AFTER 22 YEARS IN JAIL. JULIUS. JONES IS CSELOR TO LEAVING DEATH ROW AND ONE STEP. WE HAVE SOME MORE TO TAKE. FORWARD AND I’M JUST PRAISING AND THINKING LORD CELEBRATION FROM SUPPORTERS OF JONES AND TEARS OF RELIEFRF OM FAMILY FOLLOWING THE DECISION SPEELECHSS IN A GOOD PLACE THE OKLAHOMA PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD MEETING TOEA HR FROM THE FAMILY OF EDMOND. BUSINESSMAN PAUL HOWELL, WHO WAS MURDERED BACK IN 1999 THE BOARD ALSO HEARD FROM PROSECUTORS REPRESENTI TNGHE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEYS FOR JULIUS JONES, ULTIMATELY THE BOARD VOTING THREE TO O INEN FAVOR TO RECOMMEND A COMMUTATION FOR JONES ONE. THAT MEMBERS SAY WAS NOT EASY SIMPLY I HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THIS CASE. I CANNOT IGNORE THOSE DOUBTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH. FOR THIS REASON I VOTE IS YES, AND I RECOMMEND COMMUNITY SENTENCE TO LIFE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE JONES HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE THE RECOMMENDATIO NNOW GOES TO GOVERNOR STITTS MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR STITT. OH SAY TO HIM JUST THAT. THAT I LOVE IT AND I KNOW HE’S GONNA DO RIGHT HIS OFFICE RELEASING SATATEMENT SAYING QUOTES THE GOVERNOR TAKES HIS ROLE IN THIS PROCESS SERIOUSLY ANDIL WL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD. RECOMMENDATION AS HE DOES IN ALL CASES. AND WHILE JONES WAITS F TORHE DECISION FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT THE FAMILY AND CLOSEST LOVEDNE OS OF PAUL HOWELL NOW WAIT AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT AND ANY JUSTICE THAT WILL BE BROUG FHTOR THEM SO THEY CAN HAVE SOME CLOSURE TONIGHT AT 6. WE’RE GONNA HAVE MORE REACTION FROM THEM AS WELL AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVID PTERAR AND HOW THEY FEEL FOLLOWING TODAY’S STUNNING ANNOUNCEMENT
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends Julius Jones’ sentence be commuted
Julius Jones was convicted for the 1999 murder of 45-year-old Edmond businessman Paul Howell.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 Monday to recommend death row inmate Julius Jones for commutation.Jones was convicted for the 1999 murder of 45-year-old Edmond businessman Paul Howell. >> Related: Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends commuting death row inmate Julius Jones’ sentenceMonday’s decision brought high emotions from Jones’ supporters and Howell’s loved ones. The decision to take Jones off of death row will now be up to Gov. Kevin Stitt.”That one step, we have some more to take forward,” Jones’ mother, Madeline Davis-Jones, said. “I’m just praising and thanking the Lord.”Jones’ supporters celebrated the ruling, and his family cried tears of relief.”Speechless. In a good place,” Davis-Jones said.The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board met to hear from Howell’s family as well as from prosecutors representing the district attorney and Jones’ attorneys.Ultimately, the board voted in favor to recommend a commutation for Jones. One of the board members said the decision was not easy.>> Did you know? Group gathers for march in Oklahoma City in support of death row inmate Julius Jones”To be put simply, I have doubts about this case. I cannot ignore those doubts, especially when the stakes are life and death,” said Adam Luck, a member of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. “For this reason, my vote is ‘yes,’ and I recommend commuting the sentence to life with the possibility of parole.”Jones has always maintained his innocence. The recommendation now goes to Stitt.Davis-Jones said she doesn’t have a message for the governor.”I don’t know what to say to him,” Davis-Jones said. “Just that I love him, and I know he’s going to do right.”>> Related: Family starts ‘Justice for Paul Howell’ campaign as death row inmate Julius Jones maintains innocence Stitt’s office released a statement, saying: “The governor takes his role in this process seriously and will carefully consider the Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation as he does in all cases.”
OKLAHOMA CITY —
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 Monday to recommend death row inmate Julius Jones for commutation.
Jones was convicted for the 1999 murder of 45-year-old Edmond businessman Paul Howell.
Monday’s decision brought high emotions from Jones’ supporters and Howell’s loved ones. The decision to take Jones off of death row will now be up to Gov. Kevin Stitt.
“That one step, we have some more to take forward,” Jones’ mother, Madeline Davis-Jones, said. “I’m just praising and thanking the Lord.”
Jones’ supporters celebrated the ruling, and his family cried tears of relief.
“Speechless. In a good place,” Davis-Jones said.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board met to hear from Howell’s family as well as from prosecutors representing the district attorney and Jones’ attorneys.
Ultimately, the board voted in favor to recommend a commutation for Jones. One of the board members said the decision was not easy.
“To be put simply, I have doubts about this case. I cannot ignore those doubts, especially when the stakes are life and death,” said Adam Luck, a member of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. “For this reason, my vote is ‘yes,’ and I recommend commuting the sentence to life with the possibility of parole.”
Jones has always maintained his innocence. The recommendation now goes to Stitt.
Davis-Jones said she doesn’t have a message for the governor.
“I don’t know what to say to him,” Davis-Jones said. “Just that I love him, and I know he’s going to do right.”
Stitt’s office released a statement, saying: “The governor takes his role in this process seriously and will carefully consider the Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation as he does in all cases.”
