Levon Jones
Levon "Bo" Jones is an American former death row inmate.
Conviction and release
[edit]Jones was convicted and sentenced to death in North Carolina in 1993 on a count of first-degree murder for a fatal shooting which occurred in 1987.
The conviction was overturned by a federal judge in 2006 for inadequate defense from his attorney.[1] While preparing for retrial, a key witness admitted to lying.[1][2] Charges were subsequently dropped, and Jones was released from prison on May 2, 2008, after spending fifteen years on death row.[1][3] Jones was the third person to be released from death row in the United States in 2008, after Kennedy Brewer and Glen Chapman, following an overturning of their convictions and the dropping of charges.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Levon Jones - National Registry of Exonerations". www.law.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Levon "Bo" Jones". NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Archived from the original on 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ Linehan, Julie (September 3, 2013). "In justice system, back to business as usual". News & Observer. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13.
- ^ "Deathpenaltyinfo.org: "The Innocence List"". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-05-09.