Webmajor evan henderson, forrest county sheriff's office/jail and charlies sims. Supreme court has declined to review the conviction of alabama death row inmate toforest johnson, whose appeal was based on a reward paid to a. Webformer prosecutors and judges say toforest johnson's murder conviction was based on shaky evidence. The case is getting a new look as district attorneys. Johnson was convicted of the 1995 shooting of deputy sheriff william hardy, despite over ten eyewitnesses placing mr. Johnson across town at a nightclub at.