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The Last Defense: JULIUS JONES: The Crime (7/10)

June 25, 2018

NINETEEN YEARS AFTER HIS ARREST, FORMER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
STATE CHAMPION AND STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER JULIUS JONES
TELLS HIS VERSION OF EVENTS FROM DEATH ROW,  
ON VIOLA DAVIS AND JULIUS TENNON’S DOCUMENTARY SERIES,
ABC’S ‘THE LAST DEFENSE,’ TUESDAY, JULY 10

Tommy Griffin, Father of NBA Superstar Blake Griffin, Discusses Coaching Julius on the
1996 Oklahoma State High School Championship Basketball Team

“JULIUS JONES: The Crime” – In 1999, 19-year-old former high school basketball state champion and star football player Julius Jones was arrested days after a businessman was gunned down by a black man in a white suburb of Oklahoma City. At the time of the murder, Julius was a student at the University of Oklahoma on a partial academic scholarship, attempting to walk on to the basketball team. Nineteen years later, we hear from Tommy Griffin, father of NBA superstar Blake Griffin, who coached Julius; and in interviews from death row, Julius tells his version of events while federal public defenders retrace the steps that led to what they claim is a miscarriage of justice, on “The Last Defense,” TUESDAY, JULY 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.

“JULIUS JONES: The Crime” was directed by Amani Martin and produced by Gemma Jordan.

“The Last Defense” is executive produced by Viola Davis, Julius Tennon and Andrew Wang for JuVee Productions; Christine Connor and Lee Beckett for XCON Productions; Vanessa Potkin, Aida Leisenring and Morgan Hertzan for Lincoln Square Productions. The series will air on The ABC Television Network.

“The Last Defense” is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format with 5.1- channel surround sound. 

For more information on “The Last Defense,” visit abc.com.

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