Oklahoma Governor Grants Clemency to Julius Jones
In an order announced four hours before his scheduled execution on November 18, 2021, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones' death sentence to life without possibility of parole. Although the Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole had recommended, based on concerns of innocence, that Jones be eligible for parole, Stitt granted the commutation “on the condition that [Jones] shall never again be eligible to apply for, be considered for, or receive any additional commutation, pardon, or parole.”
