the governor, i have determined to commute julius jones sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. he s an innocent man. doesn t deserve another day in prison. but to know that he s going to live, where there is life, there is always hope. reporter: with jones just hours away from lethal injection, he always maintained his innocence in the 1999 carjacking that ended with paul howell being gunned down in front of his family. i was not involved in the planning of this robbery i was not involved in this robbery reporter: convincing a pardon and parol board to grant him clemency, jones legal team whose friend testified against him, christopher jordan, was likely the real killer and the man who planted the murder weapon inside jones home which jordan denies. people could see very clearly that the trial was a sham, and that this is not what they want justice to look like in america and julius himself is a compelling character, a promising young man who was a