Former Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield added to the list of prominent athletes who have written to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt urging for the clemency of Julius Jones, an Oklahoman on death row.
"I care deeply for Oklahoma," Mayfield wrote. "And that is why I am eagerly writing in support of Julius Jones, a young man I believe has been wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death."
Jones was convicted for murder in the first degree in 2002 for the murder of Paul Howell, a businessman in Edmond. Jones has maintained his innocence since his conviction and applied for clemency in October 2019 to the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board.