Kevin Stitt would make the final decision.... His case drew widespread attention after it was profiled in “ The Last Defense, ” a three-episode documentary produced by actress Viola Davis that aired on ABC in 2018.... Cece Jones-Davis of Justice for Julius, who is not related to Julius Jones....

We have this task to be objective, thorough and independent." Perry said the team hopes to wrap up its investigation by April. Glossip was just moments from being executed in 2015 when prison officials realized they received the wrong drug for his scheduled lethal injection.... The discovery led to a nearly seven-year moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma that ended last year with the execution of John Grant in October. Glossip is now the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit challenging Ok

close Video Should the federal death penalty be outlawed?... A group of Oklahoma lawmakers who believe 59-year-old death row inmate Richard Glossip may be innocent announced on Tuesday that a law firm will conduct a third-party review of the case." If it comes back and he’s guilty, then we’ll move forward with the execution," Rep.... This undated file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Richard Glossip....

Jones has proclaimed his innocence from death row for more than two decades in the 1999 killing of a suburban Oklahoma City businessman. Stitt commuted the 41-year-old Jones’ death sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.... Investigators also found the murder weaponwrapped in a bandanna with Jones’ DNAin an attic space above his bedroom.... Tobey testified before the board that she distinctly remembers seeing Jones shoot her brother.“ He is the same person today as he