Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has halted the execution of death-row inmate Julius Jones hours before it was scheduled, commuting his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Doubts over Jones’s guilt in the 1999 murder of a suburban Oklahoma City businessman and concerns over the lethal substance used in Oklahoma executions had raised nationwide calls to commute the inmate’s death sentence.“After prayerful consideration and reviewing materials presented by all sides of this case, I have determined to commute Julius Jones’ sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole,” Stitt said on Thursday.
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