With the execution of Julius Jones just one day away, celebrities are urging Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt to grant clemency to the death row inmate who says he is innocent.
Jones is scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. CT, according to Josh Ward, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 November 1 to recommend granting clemency to Jones on November 1. The same board also recommended commuting his sentence in September. Stitt has not said whether he will accept it.
The clemency petition says he's been on death row because of"fundamental breakdowns in the system tasked with deciding" his guilt, including ineffective and inexperienced defense attorneys, racial bias among his jury and alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
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