The prosecution repeatedly told jurors during the trial that Jordan would serve a 30-year sentence in exchange for his testimony against Julius. However, the only eyewitness to the murder, gave a description of the shooter, which fit Jordan, instead of Jones. Jones’ co-defendant, Christopher Jordan, was the state’s key witness against Jones. Julius Darius Jones, on death row in Oklahoma, has continually maintaining his innocence and his attorneys believe there is compelling evidence that he was wrongfully convicted. Jones’s case files are kept secret, the public cannot be certain that the police and prosecutors have nothing to hide in the case,” the letter continued. Jones’s counsel to receive the information about the case held in the files generated and maintained by the District Attorney’s Office…. “The only way to ensure a fair process is for Mr. Jones’s case in particular, there are concerns about other suspects, the reliability of the state’s witnesses, possible racial bias by officers and at least one juror, and poor legal representation. The letter from the local NAACP branch states, “In Mr. Garland Pruitt, President of the Oklahoma City NAACP says his organization is concerned about the fairness of Jones’s conviction and death sentence. The District Attorney’s office claimed on October 31 that they “have never been afraid of the truth,” however, Prater’s office has repeatedly refused to share the files. Jones’s case.”Īttorneys for Jones have repeatedly sought disclosure of case files since January 2017.Īs reported by The City Sentinel on September 7, following a hearing in the Jones’ case presided over by Judge Bill Graves at the Oklahoma County District Court House, the state agreed to make its file on Jones available for inspection.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma State Conference of the NAACP is calling on Oklahoma County district attorney David Prater to release case files on death row prisoner Julius Jones “in order to promote public trust in both the criminal justice system and in Mr. The group is now asking the District Attorney’s office to release the Julius Jones’ case files. The NAACP sign was displayed at the #FreeJuliusJones rally held on August 31.
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