Former University of Oklahoma and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield addressed the upcoming execution of death row inmate Julius Jones on Wednesday.
During his conversation, he began to tear up.
Mayfield said, “It’s not something that’s easy to talk about. Been trying to get the facts stated and the truth to be told for awhile now. Tried and tried. It’s a shame that its gotten this far, we’re 24 hours away … Hopefully God can intervene and handle it correctly and do the things he needs to do.”
Julius Jones is on death row in Oklahoma for a crime he insists he did not commit. Jones was convicted for the first-degree murder of Paul Howell, a 45-year old businessman in Edmond, Oklahoma.
In his clemency report, Jones said, “As God is my witness, I was not involved in any way in the crimes that led to Howell being shot and killed. I have spent the past 20 years on death row for a crime I did not commit, did not witness and was not at.”
Mayfield was among a group of athletes connected to the state of Oklahoma trying to save his life.
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The other athletes involved include Russell Westbrook as well as Blake Griffin and Buddy Hield.
