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. recommending clemency today for julius jones, a man set to be executed for a murder he insists he does not commit. joining me now, madeline jones, julius jones' mother, and jimmy lawson, his best friend. thank you both for joining us. ms. joennes, may i call you madeline in. >> yes. >> thank you, ma'am. you've been waiting for this day for quite a long time. how were you feeling when you found out about the board's recommendation to grant clemency for julius, your son? >> i was excited. i got the holy ghost because i was just feeling good all over,

Friends -- i could feel those drums. >> jimmy, you have known julius for 30 years like i said. is -- it's now up to the governor to decide whether to follow the board's recommendation. do you feel optimistic that he will? >> i do. you know, this whole journey proved to me that, hey, you know, when you have the power of your voice and when you use it, you know, amazing things can happen. and this is a living testimony of going through stage one commutation, stage two commutation. now, clemency today. it is an amazing day and amazing feeling to be where we are today so we have full faith and cre...

It should say, the only reason that we, on this show, know anything about kevin strickland's story. and the reason there has been this much movement, at least, in his case. is because of really incredible reporting from the newspaper side of the kansas city star. and in particular, the paper's criminal-justice reporter, luke. joining us now is luke, criminal justice reporter at the kansas city star who has shined a light on this story, in a way that is almost incredible, almost unbelievable tale to this day. thank you for joining us tonight and thank you for your reporting, thus far. >> yeah. ...

>> it's because of incredible reporting from the from the newspaper side of the newspaper side of the kansas city kansas city star star, in particular the criminal and in particular the criminal justice reporter. justice reporter. joining us now is luke joining us now is luke. he has who has shined a light shined a light on the story on this story in a way that isn't that is almost incredible almost, almost unbelievable tale to this day, unbelievable tail. thank you for joining thank you for joining us tonight. and thank you for reporting this. four us and thank you for your reporting so far. ...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, he's back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i don't know if that was from you or your son. i can't imagine what you were feeling. if you can, walk me through your initial thoughts when y...