Toforest Johnson case illustrates why prosecutors must be able to revisit the past: op-ed
That is what Jefferson County, Alabama District Attorney Danny Carr has tried to do in the case of Toforest Johnson, a man ...
Brief calling for new trial for Toforest Johnson filed by former Alabama Attorney General, US Senator
A group of former Alabama state and federal prosecutors, including a former Attorney General and a former U.S. Senator, filed ...
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Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson’s lawyers push for new trial after Steve Marshall’s ‘alarming’ actions
Lawyers for Toforest Johnson, an Alabama Death Row inmate whose conviction has long been questioned even by the original ...
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New brief filed by former prosecutors urges new trial for Alabama death row inmate
Johnson has been on death row since 1998 when he was convicted of capital murder for the death of Jefferson County Deputy ...
Alabama AG ‘astonished’ by governor’s death row commutation
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall reacted Friday evening to news that Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of ...
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Alabama governor commutes a death row inmate’s sentence to life in prison
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough ...
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Alabama AG ‘astonished’ by governor’s death row commutation
I trust she will give equally careful consideration to others with strong innocence claims, such as Toforest Johnson and Tommy Lane. We should all consider how close this case got to an execution.