Kim Kardashian West has joined a chorus of voices calling for clemency for a black man on Oklahoma's death row who has exhausted his appeals, arguing that a racist juror tainted the outcome of his 2002 trial. Jones filed a clemency petition with the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Tuesday, asking that his death sentence to be commuted to time served. Kevin Stitt to consider Jones' clemency petition. The high court rejected that appeal in April. Last year, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals also rejected Jones' appeal that argued that.

Source: ABC News October 17, 2019 17:15 UTC