The governor's office did not respond to requests for comment. Witnesses said John Marion Grant, 60, vomited and repeatedly convulsed on October 28 after the sedative midazolam was administered during a lethal injection that experts described as "botched," but the Department of Corrections said was carried out "without complication."
If Jones' execution goes ahead, he will be the second Black man put to death since Oklahoma ended a six-year moratorium on executions that was prompted by a series of flawed lethal injections. I feel invisible.' This life owes Black women more than this."
18 unless the Oklahoma governor decides to grant him clemency. As of now, Jones will be executed this week on his scheduled execution date of Nov. Today, her eyes are closed in the back seat. Jones, who is represented by federal attorneys Dale Baich and Amanda Bass, was convicted and sentenced to death at the age of 19 and has now spent half his life. Julius Jones has spent the past 20 years fighting for his life on death row, but on Friday a federal appeals court rejected his final appeal.
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Since then, a petition calling for Jones' life to be spared has amassed more than 6.5 million signatures.Ĭece Jones-Davis, who directs the Justice for Julius Jones campaign, wrote in a Wednesday update on the petition: "Julius' mother is the strongest woman in the world. Jones' case received renewed attention after was profiled in The Last Defense, a documentary series produced by Viola Davis that aired on ABC in 2018. "If my child is executed tomorrow or any day, it should be without a doubt," she said.
Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP Kevin Stitt, however, announced at noon Thursday he has commuted. Jaclyn Diaz, Rachel Treisman Enlarge this image The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended this month that Julius Jones' death sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed by the state of Oklahoma on November 18. Julius Jones was scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m.
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