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Alabama Man’s Death Sentence Is Commuted as Governor Cites Thin Evidence

Toforest Johnson’s conviction in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy relied on the testimony of a woman who was paid a $5,000 reward by the state for providing information.

© Vasha Hunt/Associated Press

It is the third time that Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, has commuted the death sentence of a prisoner.
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The Mayor of a City in Haiti Warned of a Massacre. No One Listened.

The mayor of Kenscoff, a town near Haiti’s capital, wrote government officials hundreds of letters to warn of gang threats. Then dozens of people died, and he did, too.

© Michael Anthony Adams/The New York Times

The former mayor of Kenscoff, Haiti, Jean Massillon, showing bullet holes outside Kenscoff City Hall after a gang attack in August that killed 47 people. He died two weeks after this photo was taken.
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