The screening was followed by a panel discussion with executive producers Davis, Tennon, Christine Connor of XCON Productions, and Jones’ attorney Dale Baich. The world premiere of The Last Defense was held at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 27. “When you’re facing an execution, and that execution is carried out, and we later find out that you’re innocent… there’s no undoing that wrongful conviction,” Potkin added. Vanessa Potkin of Lincoln Square Productions and attorney at the Innocence Project said, “We know through the exonerations cases that many types of evidence that are used in courts today to send people to death row, are unreliable.’ Nineteen years later, this episode will feature Tommy Griffin, father of NBA superstar Blake Griffin, who coached Julius along with interviews from Julius on death row who tells his version of events as federal public defenders Dale Baich and Amanda Bass retrace the steps that led to what they claim is a miscarriage of justice. At the time of the murder, Julius was a student at the University of Oklahoma on a partial academic scholarship, hoping to make the basketball team. Ten of those are from Oklahoma.Īiring Tuesday, July 10, “ JULIUS JONES: The Crime” examines how in 1999, Jones, an African American 19-year-old former high school basketball state champion and star football player, was arrested days after a businessman was shot to death in Edmond, Oklahoma. The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty states that since 1973, 162 individuals have been exonerated from death row in the U.S. WATCH: The Last Defense – Julius Jones episodes online.Ĭo-executive producers Davis and her husband Julius Tennon founded JuVee Productions in order to “give a voice to the voiceless through strong, impactful and culturally relevant narratives.” The couple have partnered with XCON Productions and Lincoln Square Productions for this project.Īccording to Davis, the seven-part docu-series spotlights serious flaws in the American justice system – and in particular the high rate of exonerated death row inmates. The program premiered on ABC in June with an in-depth look at the case of Darlie Routier on Texas’ death row. These episodes, directed by Amani Martin and produced by Gemma Jordan, focus on Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The ABC documentary series, “ The Last Defense,” executive produced by Academy award winning actress Viola Davis, will air the three final episodes beginning Tuesday, July 10 at 9 p.m. The City Sentinel Newspaper, Friday, July 6, 2018
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