Kevin Stitt has granted clemency to Julius Jones , commuting Jones' death sentence just hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit. "Julius Jones forever changed our lives and the lives of (Paul Howell's) family and friends," the statement said. And more than 6 million people have signed an online Change.org Justice for Julius petition asking Stitt to intervene and prevent his execution. Jordan was released from prison in 2014, according to Jones' clemency petition. It was the clemency petition that stated Julius Jones has been on death row because of "fundamental breakdowns in the system tasked with deciding" his guilt.

Source: CNN November 19, 2021 01:16 UTC