Alabama governor who oversaw 27 executions spares death row inmate convicted of 1995 deputy murder over evidence doubts

Toforest Johnson will now serve life without parole for the 1995 shooting of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff William Hardy. Governor Kay Ivey said there was not enough direct evidence for death but stressed it was not a finding of innocence. Johnson insists he was across town at the time. District Attorney Danny Carr backs a new trial, and Johnson's lawyers vow to keep fighting.