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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spares death row inmate, citing doubts about evidence

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spares death row inmate, citing doubts about evidence
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a death-row inmate after a number of former public officials and the current district attorney raised doubts about his conviction. The Republican governor said she was commuting Toforest Johnson's death sentence to life in prison wit...

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