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chocolatpi

(7,888 posts)
Thu Nov 18, 2021, 01:00 PM Nov 2021

Oklahoma 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.

Read the original article on Insider

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Oklahoma inmate Julius Jones is scheduled to be executed today. (Original Post) chocolatpi Nov 2021 OP
Why I am against the death penalty Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 #1
Abolish the death penalty. K&R. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #2
Just heard the governor commuted his sentence Wednesdays Nov 2021 #3
Yes, I read that good news too! nt abqtommy Nov 2021 #4
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