![]() ![]() "If you could find it in your heart, Governor, to grant me clemency, then I can continue to live life to better myself, to better those around me," he said. In a final plea from Jones himself, published by the New York Times, Jones asked Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stop his execution. ![]() Jones's race played an impermissible role in the board's denial of his application for clemency," Mowla said in a court filing. Jones, who is Black - presents a legally cognizable claim that Mr. "The lack of consistency in the application of grounds for clemency - where clemency was recommended and granted for Whitaker, who is White, and rejected for Mr. ![]() Supreme Court to grant a reprieve and stop Jones' execution. His lawyer, Michael Mowla, said that race may be to blame, citing a previous case where the same board reprieved the case of Thomas Whitaker - a White man convicted of murdering his mother and brother. On Tuesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Jones' clemency plea. A petition called "Clemency for Quin" had collected more than 170,000 signatures prior to his execution. ![]()
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