When asked where Jones will serve out the remainder of his life sentence, Jones' attorneys told : 'We don't know yet.' Stitt announced the decision to commute Jones' sentence at around noon. Howell's family said Stitt's decision to commute the death sentence and keep Jones behind bars for life 'affirms the guilt of Julius Jones.' He had been scheduled for execution on Thursday. Stitt commuted Jones’ death sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Jones has proclaimed his innocence from death row for more than two decades in the 1999 killing of a suburban Oklahoma City businessman, Paul Howell. The reality television star also revealed that Jones refused to take anti-anxiety medication, which is commonly given to death row inmates just before their execution, because he has a 'clear conscience.' Kim Kardashian, who had publicly lobbied Stitt to commute the death sentence, praised the Republican governor and relayed a message from Jones, who she says 'hasn't been able to hug his family in more than 20 years.' The commutation was announced just four hours before Jones was scheduled to die of lethal injection. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of condemned inmate Julius Jones on Thursday, the day of his scheduled execution. Oklahoma City police erected barriers around Governor's Mansion, where Jones' supporters have been gathering for weeksīy Ariel Zilber For and Agencies.Stitt, a Republican, has refused to meet with Jones' family in recent days.Kim Kardashian and other celebrities have been lobbying Stitt to follow Parole Board's recommendation and grant Jones clemency.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield joined Jones's family in calling for Stitt to spare the man's life.The state’s Pardon and Parole Board recommended in a 3-1 vote on November 1 that Stitt commute Jones’ sentence to life in prison.Jones was scheduled to die of lethal injection in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.Howell family released statement saying that Stitt's decision to keep Jones behind bars for life 'affirms his guilt'.Stitt called the Howell family at around noon on Thursday to inform them of his decision and spare them the three-hour journey to McAlester, Oklahoma.Jones was convicted of killing Paul Howell of Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1999 but has maintained his innocence for 20 years.Jones will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, per the commutation order issued by Stitt on Thursday.Julius Jones, 41, was scheduled to be put to death at 4pm local time on Thursday, but Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted his sentence.Jubilant Kim Kardashian thanks Oklahoma's Republican governor for COMMUTING Julius Jones' death sentence and reveals details of her conversation with the murderer after 'spending most of the day yesterday on the phone with him'
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