Timeline Of Julius Jones Trial Conviction, Potential Execution

The night of July 28th, 1999, 45-year-old Paul Howell had just pulled into his parent's driveway in Edmond after taking his sister and two young daughters back to school shopping.

As he got out of the car, a gunman shot Paul in the head, then stole his SUV, firing another shot as his sister and daughters rush inside.

Paul's sister Megan Howell Tobey will never forget witnessing her brother’s murder.

"He never said one word,” said Howell Tobey. “He just put the gun to my brother's temple and shot."

In the days that followed the murder, detectives singled in on two men 20-year-old Christopher Jordan and 19-year-old Julius Jones.

Prosecutors charged both with first-degree murder.

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Investigators found the murder weapon, red bandana and clothing matching the shooter's description all in Jones' parent’s house.

In 2001, Jordan, who says he was the getaway driver, pled guilty in the case in exchange for testifying against Jones.

A year later, a jury found Jones guilty and he was sentenced to death despite saying he was innocent.

Jones later pled guilty to a different armed robbery that happened that same summer.

The murder case made headlines again though in the summer of 2018, when a docu-series called “The Last Defense”, aired on national television casting doubt on Jones' guilt.

The series and Jones' supporters claim there was racial bias in the jury, that Jones was at his parent's house when the murder happened, that Jordan told cellmates in prison he framed Jones and that there are questions about the DNA testing involved.

After the series aired, the state re-tested the red bandana and found Jones' DNA on it.

Still though, in the past couple of years, more than 6.4 million people have signed a petition urging the state to stop Jones’ execution and has gained support from celebrities like Kim Kardashian West, James Corden and Baker Mayfield, among others.

Local politicians and activists have also been outspoken.

"I think the clear answer is to stay that execution and don't allow him to be killed tomorrow," said state Representative Monroe Nichols, a democrat from Tulsa.

On November 1st, Jones and his attorneys had the chance to make a final plea in a clemency hearing in front of the state's pardon and parole board.

In a 3-1 vote, the board voted in favor of a clemency recommendation to life with the possibility of parole, with some members having doubt about the evidence leading to his conviction.

Ultimately though, Governor Kevin Stitt will have the final say and either accept or deny the board's recommendation.

Right now, Jones is scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Christopher Jordan was released from prison in 2014.