“I just can’t be silent anymore,” Ellison told the Post. The killing of George Floyd, which inspired a nationwide focus on systematic racism, also prompted Oklahoma to move closer to prison reform, the Post reports.īut Jones' supporters are still fighting desperately to save the man who is widely regarded as innocent. Connie Ellison, who was dating Howell at the time of his death, is among those advocating for Jones. Oklahoma, which is known for heavily relying on incarceration and death sentences, has been forced to reevaluate its approach in recent years. "The Oklahoma Attorney General requested that Julius Jones be given an execution date of October 28 despite the state’s troubling history with botched executions, a scheduled commutation hearing and his maintained innocence."
At 19 years old, he was convicted of a murder he did not commit," activist Tamika Mallory said in a Facebook post on Thursday. "Julius Jones is an innocent man who has been on death row in Oklahoma for over 20 years. 28 execution date for Jones, The Washington Post reports. Still, Oklahoma’s attorney general recently requested an Oct. Since then, the 41-year-old has continued to maintain his innocence. Jones was 19 years old when he was convicted of murder in the death of 45-year-old businessman Paul Howell. Activists and loved ones are seeking justice for Julius Jones, a 41-year-old Black man from Oklahoma who faces the possibility of being executed in October after being convicted of murder and spending half his life in prison.
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