The Alabama Supreme Court has denied a new trial for a death row inmate even though the district attorney, a former state attorney general and a former chief justice say his conviction should be reexamined.
The filing is the latest effort in a case that has seen former judges, prosecutors and the local district attorney join in calls to reexamine the 1998 conviction and death sentence.
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…
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…
