Policy Issues
Innocence
,Apr 25, 2024
Articles of Interest: Juror Who Sentenced Toforest Johnson to Death Now Believes He Is Innocent
Monique Hicks, one of the twelve people who served on the Alabama jury that convicted Toforest
Entries tagged with “Jurors”
Policy Issues
Representation
,Jul 27, 2022
California State and Federal Courts Overturn Three Death Sentences
State and federal courts have overturned three California death sentences in a span of two weeks from late June to mid-July 2022. Death-row prisoners Richard Clark, Michael Bramit, and And…
Policy Issues
Juveniles
,Jun 06, 2023
Jurors Who Sentenced Michael Tisius to Death Express Regret
Four jurors and two alternates from the 2010 trial of Michael Tisius have said in affidavits that they would support clemency in his case. Mr. Tisius is scheduled to be executed in Missouri on June 6, 2023. In his clemency petition, and in intervi…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Aug 30, 2021
Jurors who Voted to Convict Toforest Johnson Now Support New Trial
Three members of the jury who voted to convict and sentence Toforest Johnson (pictured, center) to death in his capital trial in Birmingham in 1998 are now urging Alabama’s courts to grant him a n…