The innocence Project is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson because of “numerous warning signs” that Johnson is set to die for a crime he did not commit.
Updated:FILE - Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. National groups have asked the court to look at Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson's case. A national group dedicated to helping the wrongfully convicted is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson because of “numerous warning signs” that Johnson is set to die for a crime he did not commit.
According to their filing, The Innocence Project -- a national, nonprofit organization that provides services to people who are incarcerated -- “has provided representation or assistance in most of the 375 DNA exonerations in the United States, as well as numerous exonerations based on constitutional violations.”
The U.S. Supreme Court justices have reviewed the case before. In 2017 the court ruled in favor of Johnson, sending the case back to Alabama courts. That appeal wound its way through the state court system for years, with the Alabama Supreme CourtNow, Johnson’s case is again pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, waiting to see if the justices will take a look at the case based on claims regarding a witness who said she heard Johnson confess over a phone call.
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