But David McKenzie, Jones' original defense attorney, stands by that decision now two decades later.Nov 16, 2021
Jones' sentence will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to an executive order filed Thursday. Jones was scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. CT at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.Nov 19, 2021
The 2018 testing found there is one chance in 110 million that the DNA on the bandana does not match Jones. No blood or other biological material was found on the bandana and Jones' attorneys say that because the bandana was at his house, the DNA does not prove he wore it the night of Howell's murder.Dec 1, 2021
Hunter says the bullet that struck Howell was fired from that gun, and a later DNA test on the bandana wrapped around the gun found more evidence against Jones. "The conclusive results of the DNA profile show the probability of the DNA belonging to someone other than Jones as one in 110 million," he said.Nov 18, 2021
The current death penalty law was enacted in 1977 by the Oklahoma Legislature. The method to carry out the execution is by lethal injection. The original death penalty law in Oklahoma called for executions to be carried out by electrocution.
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Legal proceedings. Christopher Jordan, Jones' co-defendant, entered a plea agreement with the state in which he confessed to being the getaway driver; he received a 30-year prison sentence for murder and conspiracy under the condition that he testify against Jones.
On the night of July 28th, 1999, Paul Howell was brutally murdered in front of his sister and two young daughters as he pulled his Suburban into his parents' driveway after an evening of back-to-school shopping. Julius Jones walked up to the car and put the gun to Paul's head, pulling the trigger.
(CNN) The death sentence of Julius Jones was commuted by Oklahoma's governor Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, stopping his impending execution. Jones had been scheduled to be executed Thursday afternoon for the murder of Paul Howell in 1999. Jones, however, says he is innocent.Nov 18, 2021
Julius Jones was a 19-year-old student at the University of Oklahoma when he was considered as the prime suspect in the killing of 45-year-old businessman Paul Howell.
Jones was arrested and charged with murder in 1999 when Howell was shot in his 1997 GMC Suburban less than 20 miles away from Jones' home.
Kim Kardashian has helped put the spotlight back on Jones' case years after it disappeared from the headlines.
But Hunter’s document citing trial and appellate transcripts states that two of Jones’ original attorneys chose not to raise his parents’ alibi because Jones “repeatedly” told them his family was mistaken and that he was not home.
Hunter released a document about Jones’ conviction and chronicled “key facts” he said are “being manipulated to fit a narrative in an orchestrated effort to get Mr. Jones off of death row and perhaps out of prison entirely.”.
The 12-page document Hunter referred to (embedded below) outlines the criminal investigation into Howell’s death, the arrest and conviction of Julius Jones, and failed appellate efforts on his behalf. The document refers to trial transcripts, notes that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals found “overwhelming” evidence ...
The document refers to trial transcripts, notes that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals found “overwhelming” evidence of Jones’ guilt in 2006 and says Jones — now 39 — also committed other armed robberies in 1999. One section of the document concludes:
Baich has argued previously that the red bandana was planted in Jones’ house and tested positive for his DNA owing to its location inside his house. Jones’ case was the focus of a 2018 episode of The Last Defense, a docu-series produced by ABC. After it aired, Jones’ case drew national attention.
the doorbell chime, officers discovered a loaded .25-. caliber magazine belonging to the gun they had just found. The gun matched Jones’ girlfriend’s description of one she. saw in Jones’ possession during the summer of 1999.
Hunter said a preponderance of evidence resulted in a jury convicting Jones beyond a reasonable doubt. “Julius Jones murdered Paul Howell in cold blood in front of his sister and daughters,” Hunter said somberly. “No celebrity imploration or profusion of misinformation will change that.