Julius Jones' death sentence in 1999 Oklahoma murder should be commuted, panel finds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The death penalty case of Julius Jones, which has caught the attention of people across the country, including multiple celebrities, was recommended for commutation by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Monday.
42% : "I believe in death penalty cases there should be no doubt, and put simply, I have doubts in this case," said Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Chairman Adam Luck.
38% : A 2017 study by the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology found that defendants of color in Oklahoma accused of killing white victims are more than twice as likely to receive the death penalty, compared to white defendants accused of the same crime.
30% : In 2017, a bipartisan group of state leaders, academics, attorneys and criminal justice advocates concluded that not only were there serious shortcomings in the way death penalty cases are investigated and litigated in the state, but that "it is undeniable that innocent people have been sentenced to death in Oklahoma."

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