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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOklahoma inmate Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed today.
Vomiting and Convulsing, is that inhumane treatment?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/oklahoma-inmate-julius-jones-is-scheduled-to-be-executed-today-the-state-s-governor-still-hasn-t-decided-if-he-ll-spare-the-man/ar-AAQRGok?ocid=Peregrine
Oklahoma inmate Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed today. The state's governor still hasn't decided if he'll spare the man.
kmclaughlin@businessinsider.com (Kelly McLaughlin)
11/18/21
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"Thousands of people across Oklahoma, the country, and the world have called on the governor to prevent Oklahoma from executing an innocent man,"Amanda Bass, one of Jones' attorneys, said in a statement shared with Insider on Thursday. "Our hope is that the Governor will ensure that this execution does not go forward given the many concerns about the execution process and Mr. Jones's case."
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Dale Baich, another of Jones' attorneys, told Insider in March that evidence in the case was "flimsy," and, according to the City Sentinel, Jones' family has said Jones was home eating dinner at the time of the crime.
Jones' scheduled execution comes weeks after another Oklahoma inmate, John Marion Grant, vomited and convulsed as he was executed. Grant was the first execution in Oklahoma in six years.
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Jilly_in_VA
(9,999 posts)Reason #10,003 and counting......
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,449 posts)Wednesdays
(17,417 posts)to life imprisonment.