![]() "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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