Julius Jones Should Not Be Executed
Innocence Project Executive Director Christina Swarns called on the State of Oklahoma to do the right thing and spare the life of Julius Jones. Julius was convicted of the 1999 murder of businessman Paul Howell after a prosecution and trial marred by the egregious failures of his defense counsel and police and prosecutorial misconduct. Julius just had his final clemency hearing in which the Pardon and Parole Board recommended that his sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Now, his fate is in Gov. Kevin Stitt’s hands. Read the full article here [[link removed]] and then take a moment to contact Gov. Stitt and tell him to spare Julius Jones’s life and commute his sentence:
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Philip and Nathan Barnett were exonerated in West Virginia on Oct. 5, 2021. (Image: Chris Jackson for AP Images/Innocence Project)
In 2008, Philip and Nathan Barnett, along with two other men, were wrongly convicted for the 2002 murder of a young woman in Cabell County, West Virginia. Thanks to DNA evidence that excluded them as the people who committed the crime, they were released several years ago but faced a possible retrial — this month, they were finally fully exonerated. Take a moment today to read more about their story.
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20 Recent Justice Reform Measures to Celebrate
This year, despite the many hardships of the pandemic, the Innocence Project — along with its state and regional partners and exonerated advocates — successfully enacted 20 policy reforms in 16 states across the country. Read more to find out if your state took steps to advance justice and prevent wrongful convictions.
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Exonerations Around the U.S.
- George C. Cochran Innocence Project client Curtis Flowers was exonerated on September 4, 2020 after spending 24 years wrongfully incarcerated.
- George C. Cochran Innocence Project client Sherwood Brown was exonerated on August 24, 2021 after spending 26 years wrongfully incarcerated.
- Michigan Innocence Clinic client Terry Ceasor was exonerated on September 9, 2021 after spending 4 years wrongfully incarcerated.
-Exoneration Project client Sean Tyler was exonerated on September 17, 2021 after spending 26 years wrongfully incarcerated.
- West Virginia Innocence Project client Nathaniel Barnett was exonerated on October 5, 2021 after spending 7.5 years wrongfully incarcerated.
- Exoneration Project client Justin Black was exonerated on October 5, 2021 after spending 11 years wrongfully incarcerated.
- Innocence Project client Philip Barnett was exonerated on October 5, 2021 after spending 10 years wrongfully incarcerated.
- Wrongful Conviction Project at the Office of the Ohio Public Defender client Kim Hoover-Moore was exonerated on October 21, 2021 after spending 19 years wrongfully incarcerated.
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