# Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-20T23:18:52+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/alabama-governor-commutes-death-row-sentence
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/alabama-governor-commutes-sentence-of-prisoner-on-death-row-4224ab/

Toforest Johnson’s death penalty reduced to life in prison without parole over doubts about his conviction Toforest Johnson, an Alabama death row inmate, will no longer face execution after the state’s Republican governor commuted his sentence amid increasing doubts about his conviction. Kay Ivey, the Alabama governor, commuted Johnson’s sentence to life in prison without parole in the 1995 murder

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