Toforest Johnson

Ex-judges, others urge retrial for Alabama death row inmate

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former judges and prosecutors are joining those seeking a new trial for a death row inmate in Alabama. Former Alabama Chief Justice Drayton Nabers, former state Attorney General Bill Baxley, and several former judges and prosecutors are among those that submitted briefs supporting a new trial for Toforest Johnson. Johnson was convicted of the 1995 murder…

Alabama County’s DA Urges New Trial for Death Row Inmate

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Toforest Johnson Photo: Alabama Department of Corrections MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A district attorney in Jefferson County says a black man who has spent two decades on death row should get a new trial amid questions about the fairness of his 1998 murder conviction. District Attorney Danny Carr on Friday filed a brief supporting a new trial for Toforest Johnson…