Co-founded in 1992 by attorneys Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, Potkin joined New York City’s Innocence Project … Julius Jones was a 19-year-old student at the University of Oklahoma when he was considered as the prime suspect in the killing of 45-year-old businessman Paul Howell. "The lab results, which indicate that Julius Jones’ DNA is present on the red bandana, is an additional validation of the trial and appellate process in proving his guilt," Hunter announced, according to Fox 25. On death row since 2002, Jones claims he did not commit the murder he was convicted … Jones ultimately gave the false testimony that landed Hollman in jail. Julius Jones, 40, has spent 19 years on death row after being convicted and sentenced to die for the 1999 shooting death of Paul Howell, a businessman from Edmond, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals could set an execution date in the next 12 months. BREAKING NEWS: Idaho is the 36th state to adopt a compensation law — Read and share. Julius Jones was a 19 year-old star athlete who ran around with the wrong crowd and then was fingered for murdering an upper class white man Paul Howell in a carjacking gone wrong, but ABC… The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices. At that dinner, Dale Baich, a federal public defender from Arizona who has been legal counsel to Jones during recent appeals, said, “In the coming months, we will be asking the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, and Governor Stitt, to commute Julius’s death sentence.We have a heavy lift. The Jones family has always maintained Julius’ innocence. Julius is grateful for the outpouring of support he has received from the people of Oklahoma and … Julius Jones is on death row in Oklahoma, despite compelling evidence that he was wrongfully convicted and continues to maintain his innocence. Former OU student Julius Jones continues fight to prove innocence after 20 years on death row ... As the case for Jones’ innocence grows, Jones … “As God is my witness, I was not involved in any way in the crimes that led to Howell being shot and killed,” Jones said in his clemency report. He was on the verge of gaining a basketball scholarship when he was arrested and charged with Howell's murder in August 1999, according to OU Daily . OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorneys for Oklahoma death row prisoner Julius Jones have released what they consider “new and compelling evidence of his innocence. But Dale maintained that the results were inconclusive and that numerous DNA profiles were found on the piece of clothing. “I have spent the past 20 years on death row for a crime I … UPDATE: On March 8th, in a 3-1 vote the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board moved to allow Julius Jones to plead his innocence claim directly to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board. The case of Julius Darius Jones, who has served over 19 years on Oklahoma’s death row, was a story that Potkin felt should be spotlighted in the seven part docu-series.