Lifestory: Working at the “intersection of “faith and social justice”, Rev Cece Jones-Davis on the campaign that helped get Julius Jones off death row
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with US minister Rev Cece Jones-Davis about her work in advocating for and supporting Julius Jones, a former death-row inmate whose sentenced was commuted to life last November…
Essay: Julius Jones was spared by a governor who prayed. Let’s all now pray to end the death penalty.
Celebrating the commutation of Julius Jones’ death sentence in Oklahoma, US, last week, Christian anti-death penalty activist SHANE CLAIBORNE says the fight for Jones’ freedom – and abolition of the death penalty – goes on…
US faith leaders backing Oklahoma death row inmate hail parole board’s commutation request
RNS In a decision hailed by religious leaders who have taken up his cause, an Oklahoma parole board voted to recommend commutation of the death sentence of Julius Jones, who has been on death row for two decades. Rev Cece Jones-Davis, the Justice for Julius campaign director, said she viewed the recommendation Monday of “life […]
In the US, Oklahoma death row inmate, subject of prayer rally, to get second clemency hearing
RNS An Oklahoma parole board has voted to grant Julius Jones, an inmate who has been on death row for two decades, an additional hearing to determine if he should gain clemency. The Justice for Julius campaign, a group that has been advocating for his release, announced Monday on its Instagram account that the Oklahoma Pardon and […]
US Christian leaders urge clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate, cite mounting evidence
RNS Faith leaders are ramping up their support for an Oklahoma death row inmate as his clemency hearing nears. Julius Jones, 40, was sentenced to death in 2002, but his advocates say a different person committed the crime in which a prominent Edmond, Oklahoma, businessman was killed during a carjacking. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole […]