here is what happened in alabama in the case of deforest johnson. first, when the police arrested five men suspected of shooting the off-duty police officer, in 1995, ballistics showed that only one gun was used in the shooting, so they could not have all pulled the trigger. the police decided to let three of the five men they arrested go. but they kept deforest johnson and one other suspect, a man named adragus ford, and charged them both for the same murder. now, that happened despite the fact that both men had alibi witnesses who could testify to the fact that they were at a nightclub on the other side of birmingham when the shooting happened. still, both men were charged, and tried separately. prosecution didn't try to argue that the men committed the crime together, they couldn't decide which of the men did it so they tried two different theories of the case in two separate trials claiming they had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that, i don't know, both of them did it? either of them did it? one of them did it? they didn't know. so they let th

the police decided to let three of the five men they arrested go, but they kept deforest johnson, andname august 4th. and charged them both for the same murder. that happened where both men had witnesses who could testify to the fact that they were on it nightclub at the other side of birmingham when the shooting happened. both men or charged and tried separately. the prosecution did not try to argue that the men committed the crime together. they cannot decide which of the men did it. so they tried two different theories of the case, in two separate trials, claiming that they had proof beyond reasonable doubt that, i don't know, both of them did it? either of them did it? one of them did it? they didn't know. so they let the juries decide. that happened based on the word of one unreliable witness, 15 year old yolanda chambers. according to the washington post, even the prosecutors in this case have admitted that since the 1995 murder, chambers quote, had told more than 300 lies about who was involved and what she knew. that was the person who was the primary witness in the case again