A large crowd of Julius Jones supporters celebrated outside of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday when Governor Kevin Stitt announced his decision to commute Jones’ sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A large crowd of Julius Jones supporters celebrated outside of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday when Governor Kevin Stitt announced his decision to commute Jones’ sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones’ death sentence to life in prison without parole as Jones’ execution for the 1999 murder..