Alabama governor commutes death sentence as doubts emerge about evidence in murder conviction
By Cole Bennett
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, commuted the sentence of a death row inmate on Tuesday after the current Jefferson County district attorney and several former judges and prosecutors raised concerns about his conviction.The governor said she was commuting Toforest Johnson’s death sentence to life in prison without parole. Johnson, who has long maintained his innocence, was convicted in the 1995 murder of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff William Hardy. He remains incarcerated at the Holman Correctional Facility.”When presented with Mr. Johnson’s case, I had concerns there was not enough direct evidence to…