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Alabama Death Row inmate to get new trial


Toforest Johnson Is Facing Execution. Help Him Get a New Trial.

Toforest Johnson has spent more than 25 years on death row in Alabama and is at risk of being executed for the 1995 murder of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff ...

Alabama District Attorney Files Amicus Brief in Support of New Trial ...

On May 20, 2024, Jefferson County, Alabama District Attorney Danny Carr asked a circuit judge to grant a new trial to Toforest Johnson (center), an Alabama ...

'Justice demands' new trial for death row inmate, Alabama district ...

An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate, saying that a review found that the 1998 conviction was ...

Toforest Johnson's Prosecutor Is Calling for a New Trial in Alabama

Toforest Johnson has spent more than 25 years on death row in Alabama and is at risk of being executed for a crime he did not commit.

Alabama district attorney says 'justice demands' new trial for death ...

An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate, saying that a review found that the 1998 conviction was ...

Alabama inmate Toforest Johnson's death sentence 'cannot be ...

The Jefferson County District Attorney is asking a judge to order a new trial for Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson, calling his ...

Justice For Toforest Johnson

For 24 years, Toforest Johnson has been on Alabama's death row for a crime he did not commit. The State's lawyers continue to seek his execution.

Calls for New Trial for Death Row Inmate After Learning Sole ...

oforest Johnson has spent more than 25 years on death row in Alabama and is at risk of being executed for a crime he did not commit. In the ...

Jefferson County DA uncertain new trial for Toforest Johnson could ...

Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr Sunday reiterated his belief that death row inmate Toforest Johnson deserves a new trial.

Alabama's Exonerated from Death Row - Equal Justice Initiative

Drinkard could not have committed the crime. Mr. Drinkard's conviction was overturned by the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000. His new defense team invested ...

With much backing, Alabama death row inmate claims innocence ...

Johnson's attorneys asked the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday to "right a grievous wrong" and grant him a new trial. The filing is the latest ...

Lawyers for Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson appeal to ...

Attorneys for Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson are asking the US Supreme Court to review his case, arguing the key witness was secretly paid a reward ...

'He's innocent': Legal experts urge U.S. Supreme Court to review ...

'He's innocent': Legal experts urge U.S. Supreme Court to review Alabama death row inmate's case · Jefferson County, AL — UPDATE: · SCOTUS will ...

Anthony Ray Hinton - Equal Justice Initiative

Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, a free man for the first time in 30 years at 9:30 am on Friday, April 3, ...

Alabama Supreme Court denies new trial for death row inmate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday denied a new trial for a death row inmate in a case that has seen the district ...

Alabama Death Row Prisoner Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court, With ...

On April 17, 2023, lawyers for Toforest Johnson (pictured, center), who has spent 25 years on Alabama's death row, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to ...

Alabama Supreme Court denies new trial for death row inmate ...

Johnson's lawyers will appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. They also have a separate new trial petition before a Jefferson County judge based on the ...