Julius Jones

2022 - 5 - 19

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Did Julius Jones Get Released? Kim Kardashian Advocated for Him (Distractify)

Did Julius Jones get released from prison? His death sentence was commuted thanks in part to Kim Kardashian. But is he still in prison today?

To just run it and work there," Kim told friend Scott Budnick, founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, on the Hulu reality TV series. Alice was sentenced to life in prison back in 1997 for a nonviolent drug-related crime and was not eligible for parole. In June 2018, President Donald Trump granted clemency to a 63-year-old woman named Alice Johnson after he met with Kim to discuss the case. "A lot of people believe him to be an innocent man that's on death row." Julius' lawyers wrote that the case was shrouded in racial prejudice and that evidence that could have exonerated him was overlooked and never presented to the jury. When Julius was 19 years old, he was convicted of a 1999 murder in the Oklahoma City area.

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Kim Kardashian is proud her justice reform work was highlighted in ... (Daily Mail)

Kim Kardashian took to Instagram on Thursday to reflect back on the latest episode of Hulu's The Kardashians.

She said under a clip of the episode, 'We ran out of Red Lobster to see my test results when they were in. Success: Kim turned her focus to Julius later, and was fortunately able to have his execution overturned Kim turned her focus to Julius later, and was fortunately able to have his execution overturned. Looking back: Kim Kardashian took to Instagram on Thursday to reflect back on the latest episode of Hulu's The Kardashians At the time when she was fighting to save his life she used social media to bring awareness to his narrative. Kim Kardashian took to Instagram on Thursday to reflect back on the latest episode of Hulu's The Kardashians.

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'The Kardashians' Recap: 3 Things That Kept Me Up After Watching ... (Vogue.com)

From Kim passing the baby bar exam to Kanye hiring a fire truck, these were the wildest moments of this week's episode of 'The Kardashians.'

“He’d be so damn proud of you.” “He’d get a kick out of it,” Kim replies. Using Kim’s mission to save Jones’s life as a jumping-off point, the episode broadly lays out her routine as an activist. We’re posed, yet again, with what might be the essential question of Kim Kardashian’s career: Is she for real?

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'Kardashians' shows how Kim Kardashian helped save Julius Jones ... (CNN)

Family and advocates for former death row inmate Julius Jones, who was granted clemency last year mere hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a ...

"We set up multiple zooms with evangelical pastors in Oklahoma and Kim, no matter who I asked her to be on a Zoom with, the answer was always, 'Yes, I'll make it happen,'" he says. "She's true to her word. "She's always asking me questions in terms of setting up organizations, she's meeting with experts, she's meeting with law professors, she's meeting with people that do data. Kim obviously feels very passionately about innocence and people that are in prison who are innocent of the crime." "We sat and talked with them for a while. Eventually, she was the one who told him about Jones and his upcoming execution. "When she told me she met Julius and went to go visit him, that touched something inside of me," Antoinette Jones says. Eventually, Antoinette Jones got a call from a lawyer in 2020 that, "we might be getting some help here in the form of Kim, which could be a good thing." It was amazing to see her break down certain things and, you know, you're usually looking at her fashion." "The lawyer said, 'Kim heard about the case. It was, Kardashian says in the episode, her last opportunity to do so. Julius Jones will instead serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

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Kim K passing the baby bar means she can help more prisoners like ... (Reality Titbit)

Kim Kardashian passed the baby bar in 2021 and Julius Jones was also granted clemency in the same year. Here's more on Kim K's law journey.

In 2021, Kim passed the baby bar exam on her third attempt. Following in the footsteps of her late father, Kim revealed to Vogue in 2019 that she’d decided to start studying law. Many KUWTK fans will know that when it comes to The Kardashians’ TV shows, there’s more to the episodes than just prepping for events, wearing designer outfits and crying over lost diamond earrings.

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'The Kardashians': Brandon Bernard's Last Words Were With Kim ... (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

Kim Kardashian shares her final conversation with Brandon Bernard in Hulu's 'The Kardashians' episode 'This Is a Life or Death Situation.'

With this success, Kardashian can continue working on prison reform cases like the two mentioned in “This is a Life or Death Situation.” It “broke her heart” to have Bernard calm her down in that moment. On Dec. 10, 2020, Kardashian spoke to Bernard on the phone hours before his execution. After North screams a group prayer, Kim sees that she passed and breaks down in tears. Bernard was convicted of robbery and the kidnapping and murder of Todd and Stacie Bagley in 1999. Kim Kardashian was Brandon Bernard’s final phone call before his December 2020 execution.

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Kim Kardashian Responds To Emotional Death Row Moment On ... (Tyla)

Kim Kardashian has responded to the emotional death row scene in the latest episode of The Kardashians.

Kim begun her legal training in 2019 and passed the 'baby BAR' in December last year. Brandon Bernard deserved a second chance." Sharing a clip from the episode to her Instagram Story, she wrote: "This week's episode of the Kardashians allowed me to share with you guys some of the reform work that I do.

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