My heart breaks for Julius and so many others who have suffered from such tragic miscarriage of justice. In just over two weeks, an innocent man could be put to death. "This is the cold machinery of the Death Penalty in America. Then, he will be put to death." Finally, she closed her thread with an impactful last tweet that read: He will be checked on every 15 minutes for the last four hours of his life. At 9pm the day before his execution, Julius Jones phone privileges will be terminated and he will receive his last meal. Next week, they will restrict access to the unit where Julius is housed and they will perform equipment checks. 'Every second that goes by brings Julius closer to being executed for a crime he didn’t commit. On Thursday, the Inspector General will obtain the body bag and tag from the medical examiner's office and all witnesses for the execution will be selected. It states: 'Every minute we wait to take action, Julius is suffering. The staff who will administer his execution are being selected and trained to put him to his death. Like all incarcerated people put to death by the Oklahoma Dept of Corrections, Julius Jones organs are not eligible for donation. Thanks so much for being with us.She continued: "The state is so bent on vengeance that they will make every effort to ensure they get to kill Julius- including reviving him if he happens to go into cardiac arrest prior to the execution. About a hundred people are expected to be arrested in a voting rights demonstration.
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And quite frankly, they need to reopen the trial in this case.ĪMY GOODMAN: Well, I want to thank you so much for being with us, Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way, former president of the NAACP, headed out to the White House today. And so, this case, really there should be no debate about. And that is, frankly, substantiated by the fact that it wasn’t just that they voted to recommend to the governor that this execution be stayed they did so 3 to 1 in the state of Oklahoma, which, quite frankly, is a state that’s generally a fan of the death penalty. There should be no doubt that Julius Jones is innocent. The prosecutor in the case, Macy, a man who would dress up like Colonel Sanders before he went into court each day and was known to carry firearms into court, has had a third of his death penalty cases overturned for prosecutorial misconduct and, frankly, has sent many innocent people to death row. Julius had an alibi: He was eating dinner with his family at the time. The one eyewitness described a man with an an inch and a half of hair, and Julius’s head was clean-shaven. Kevin Stitt to intervene in the execution, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. Your thoughts on what’s happening possibly tomorrow?īEN JEALOUS: This is an extreme injustice. Good morning, Heres what were following today: Julius Jones execution: Activists are calling on Oklahoma Gov. You’ve long been an anti-death penalty activist, standing outside the execution prisons, like of Troy Anthony Davis, who spent half his life on death row and ultimately was executed in Georgia. Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board has recommended twice that Julius Jones’ death sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole, but the final decision now rests with Governor Kevin Stitt. That’s according to three people who were jailed with Jordan, who served 15 years after reaching a plea deal in the case. Another man, Christopher Jordan, has privately admitted to committing the murder and framing Jones. Advocates have been rallying outside the barricaded Governor’s Mansion ahead of the planned Thursday execution of prisoner Julius Jones, who was convicted of a 1999 murder but has maintained his innocence. AMY GOODMAN: And before you go, Ben Jealous, most likely to be arrested today, I wanted to ask you about another issue, about what’s happening in Oklahoma.
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