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Barry Owen Jones, AC FAA FAHA FTSE FASSA FACE FRSA (born 11 October 1932), is an Australian polymath, [1] [2] [3] [4] writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion and former politician. He campaigned against the death penalty throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan .
Oct 14, 2006 · The indefatigable Barry Jones emerges from his biography as a man of formidable public intellect but of surprisingly diminished personal and political sensibility. Now 74, and one of Australia's...
Oct 2, 2022 · Barry Jones Is Running Out of Options. Will He Ever Leave Death Row? Months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out evidence of his innocence, Jones is still fighting to clear his name. Liliana...
Barry Jones has devoted his life to learning. At 88, he is still revising his magnum opus: the 910,000-word Dictionary of World Biography.
May 23, 2022 · Barry Jones was convicted of murdering his girlfriend's daughter in 1995, but new evidence suggests he is innocent. The Court ruled that he cannot challenge his conviction in federal court, overruling two previous decisions that guaranteed him a fair trial.
Listen to the former politician and polymath Dr Barry Jones speak about the changing way we think of ourselves as Australians and the need to confront the truths of our history. He explores the attitudes of the past and challenges us to embrace honesty and ignite a change that propels us toward unlocking our nation’s full human potential.
Dec 4, 2022 · More than six months have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Barry Jones’s conviction and death sentence despite evidence of his innocence. In that time, Arizona has executed two more...
