![]() ![]() This photo, provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections on Feb. Kevin Stitt to grant Julius Jones clemency. When he is scheduled to be executed, Kardashian is in a race against time to mobilize her powerful friends – actors, athletes and preachers among them – to tweet pleas for Oklahoma Gov. Passing the exam was just one part of the plan Kardashian has for a future dedicated to criminal justice reform.Īs she awaits the results of the exam, cameras also follow her efforts to bring attention to Julius Jones’s case. (For them) to see that I never gave up makes me so happy – that I can show them by example.” “I just know how much time and effort I put into this… I’m so happy North is here to see this because my kids know I’ve taken time away from them to study. Like, I literally didn’t think I did,” she says. Then she reads it again and spells it for the camera, “P-a-s-s,” she says. “Wait, are you sure?” she asks, reading the results again. In a nail-biting scene in a car parked outside of a Red Lobster, Kardashian, her daughter North, and KKW Brands executive Tracy Romulus, eventually learn that she has passed. ![]() It was, Kardashian says in the episode, her last opportunity to do so. The sixth episode of the family’s Hulu series, “This is a Life or Death Situation,” focuses on her efforts to pass California’s so-called “baby bar,” one of two exams she must pass in order to become a practicing attorney in the state. Kim Kardashian celebrates passing her bar exam in "The Kardashians." HULU This week’s episode of “The Kardashians,” the family’s new show on Hulu, attempted to capture exactly that and show the world a very different side of Kardashian. There is, Jones says, “a lot more to her” than what viewers have seen on TV. “When she spoke to my parents, she spoke to them like they were her aunt or like they were her parents, like it was such respect,” she says. I kind of pay attention to, like, words that come outta people’s mouths,” she tells CNN.įor Jones, who watched “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” since it began airing on E!, the conversations she had with Kardashian are reflective of the person she thinks more people should hear about: The Kim Kardashian who will go with you to church, give you a hug or sit in your home for a conversation. I see more than what people show on the outside. “I’m a little different than other people. Not just by Kardashian’s superstar presence but by her sincerity and calm nature. ET: This story has been updated with additional information and background.One of the first times Antoinette Jones, the sister of former death row inmate Julius Jones, who was granted clemency last year mere hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit, met Kim Kardashian she was struck. Newsweek reached out to Stitt's office for comment but did not hear back before publication. ![]() The board voted 3-1 to grant him clemency and recommended he instead face life in prison without the potential for one day receiving parole, according to The Oklahoman.Īfter the board's vote, the final decision on whether Jones would be granted clemency fell to Stitt, whose office told the paper at the time it was aware of the board's decision. In early November, Jones spoke with the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to request clemency ahead of his execution. Rachel Howell, his daughter, recently told CNN that Jones' family and legal team "want people to believe that Julius Jones is completely innocent, despite the overwhelming amount of evidence against him." Howell's family has said they believe Jones was the one who carried out the 1999 murder. "It is clear that Julius' lawyer did not adequately defend him, and that explicit racial bias played a significant role in the process." "At the time of the crime for which he was convicted, Julius was a 19-year-old student athlete with a promising future, attending the University of Oklahoma on an academic scholarship," the petition says. "I need your help to save his life."Ī campaign called Justice for Julius has said that the case leading up to Jones' conviction was "riddled with odious racial discrimination" and that alleged racial slurs targeting Jones were used at the time of his arrest and during his trial. ![]() "When Julius Jones was 19-years-old, he was convicted of a murder he says he did not commit," Jones-Davis wrote in the petition summary. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP A petition calling for clemency for Julius Jones, above, exceeded 6.5 million signatures just hours before his scheduled execution on Thursday in Oklahoma. ![]()
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