![]() ![]() Jones has been on death row for 20 years, despite written affidavits from his trial lawyers describing the ways they failed him in court. "It is my firm belief that Julius Jones' conviction and death sentence is an egregious injustice. In his letter, Prescott cited his own familiarity with racial injustice, saying "as a Black man in this country right now, I experience injustices firsthand day in and day out, even as an athlete with 'celebrity status'" and urged Stitt and the board to overturn a "miscarriage of justice": Even though I told my lawyer about Chris' confession, he never asked Chris about it and he never called Manuel to testify at my trial." Chris also told Manuel about his secret side deal with prosecutors, telling him 'I'm going to do 15 years and go home.' That's exactly what happened. In late August or early September 1999, Chris told a man named Manuel Littlejohn that 'Julius didn't do it' and 'Julius wasn't there.' Chris admitted to Manuel that he tried to frame me by wrapping the gun used to commit the crime in a bandana and hiding it in my house. "Prior to my trial, Chris admitted to two people that I wasn't involved in the murder. Jones also alleged Chris Jordan, a co-defendant who accepted a plea deal and then testified against Jones, told two people prior to the case that he was prepared to frame him: Howell and his family, but I was not responsible." "I have spent the past 20 years on death row for a crime I did not commit, did not witness, and was not at. "But, as God is my witness, I was not involved in any way in the crimes that led to Paul Howell being shot and killed on July 28, 1999," Jones wrote. Please don't let another innocent Black man die from the systemic mistreatment that has plagued our nation for far too long."Ī website started to spotlight Jones' story, Justice For Julius, includes a copy of his clemency petition filed in October 2019. Jones' conviction raises serious legal and ethical concerns. "After reviewing the facts of the Julius Jones case, I firmly believe the wrong person is being punished for this terrible crime furthermore, an evaluation of the process that led to Mr. ![]() Sean Gregory of Time obtained a copy of Prescott's letter advocating for Jones' cause: Jones maintained his innocence throughout the case, which was analyzed in ABC's documentary series The Last Defense in 2018, and a petition seeking his release citing an "explicit racial bias" has received over 6 million signatures. Kevin Stitt and members of the state's Pardon and Parole Board seeking the commutation of a death sentence received by Julius Jones related to the 1999 murder of Paul Howell. The fraternity, through its more than 720 college and alumni chapters and general-organization members, serves communities in the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean.Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott wrote a letter Thursday to Oklahoma Gov. The Fraternity has long stood at the forefront of the African-American community’s fight for civil rights through Alpha men such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Thurgood Marshall, Paul Robeson, Andrew Young, Edward Brooke and Cornel West. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, MD, was founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Since the historic Scottsboro Boys case and others, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the world’s first intercollegiate fraternity founded by African American men, has stood at the forefront in the fight for justice and Civil Rights for African Americans and the wrongly accused and convicted for more than a century. Jones in his fight to prove his innocence, the Fraternity in good conscience cannot stand idly by and allow a miscarriage of justice from a wrongful execution. ![]() Like the more than 6.3 million supporters nationwide, who signed a petition supporting Mr. We are aware of the inconsistencies and the impact of racial bias associated with this case along with the impact of racial bias on death penalty cases, in general. The Fraternity is also asking its nearly 100,000 members in its more than 720 college and alumni chapters as well as among our general organization and unaffiliated membership to contact Governor Stitt at (405) 521-2342, select option 0, and urge him to grant Mr. Jones’ alleged guilt in the 1999 murder conviction and that his death sentence should be commuted to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. We ask that Governor Stitt heed the recommendation of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board that sufficient doubt exists regarding Mr. urges Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to grant a stay of execution and clemency for death row inmate Julius Jones, who is set to be executed on tomorrow, Nov. SEEKING A STAY OF EXECUTION AND A GRANT OF CLEMENCY FOR DEATH ROW INMATE JULIUS JONESĪlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. STATEMENT OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. ![]()
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