![]() ![]() They have said they believe a friend of Jones’, Christopher Jordan, shot Howell and hid the weapon in Jones’ house.īut in 2018, testing on the bandana showed DNA that a lab said belonged to Jones. The bandana became a particular item of interest in Jones’ case in the years following his conviction, as his attorneys said they believed that if it were DNA tested, Jones’ DNA would not be present. Jones was 19 at the time and has maintained he had nothing to do with Howell’s death. Howell’s sister told police the shooter masked his face with a red bandana, and authorities eventually found the murder weapon wrapped in a red bandana in the attic above a bedroom in Jones’ parents’ home. Howell was killed on July 28, 1999, gunned down outside his parents’ home in Edmond. “This has all come together because it’s time.” “I truly believe we are here talking about Julius Jones’ case because it’s time,” Jones-Davis said. ![]() With executions set to resume possibly as early as late next year, the spotlight on Jones’ case will only grow. While there have been other high-profile exonerations in murder convictions in Oklahoma in recent years, none of the cases that were overturned involved inmates serving time on Death Row. Kevin Stitt urging the first-term governor to release Jones from prison. The documentary brought attention to Jones’ case - attention that has only ramped up in the past year as celebrities and professional athletes have signed on to help, authoring letters or tweets to Gov. That’s how I understand my role in the world.” Cece Jones-Davis. I’m a person who always believed that what you see is what you are responsible for. “After seeing (the documentary) I knew I couldn’t just sit in Oklahoma and carry on doing nothing. “Before this I had never done anything like Criminal Justice Reform,” Jones-Davis told The Frontier. Cece Jones-Davis moved to Oklahoma five years ago with her husband and children, and after working in the Obama administration where she said she “aged like dog years,” her plan was to settle down and raise her family.īut in 2018 she stumbled onto “The Last Defense,” a documentary that covered the trial of Julius Jones - convicted of the 1999 killing of 45-year-old Paul Howell - and claimed to “(expose) flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations” of Jones’ case.īefore long she found herself among others fighting for Jones’ freedom from Oklahoma’s Death Row. ![]()
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