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Truer Crime

Celisia Stanton

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Toforest Johnson was sentenced to die for a crime he says he didn’t commit—without physical evidence or forensic proof. But that didn’t stop prosecutors from building a case against him. Next week, we dive into a case that has sparked nationwide controversy and left one man fighting for his life. Want to check out next week’s episode right now? Subscribe to Tenderfoot+ and get early access, ad-free listening, and other exclusive benefits on over 30 shows and 500 episodes. Visit tenderfootplus.com to learn more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a tenderfoot TV podcast.
0:08.3	What if your life could be taken away?
0:11.4	Your freedom, your family, your future, all because of a lie.
0:17.4	For Taforos Johnson, this isn't a hypothetical.
0:21.2	It's his reality.
0:23.3	In 1995, a deputy sheriff was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama.
0:28.4	Two years later, Taforos Johnson was sentenced to death for the crime.
0:33.0	No physical evidence, testimony that changed hundreds of times,
0:37.0	and now, nearly 30 years later,
0:39.9	shocking revelations continue to emerge. You can either be a witness or you can be a defendant.
0:48.2	They was telling me, you know, don't you know you can go to jail for this? And that's all
0:51.6	I had in my mind, jail. I don't want to go.
0:55.6	And ironically, so, that was my last memory of him in the free world.
1:01.6	What really happened the night Deputy Bill Hardy was killed?
1:05.3	And why is an innocent man still on death row?
1:09.2	We're diving into DeForest Johnson story this Monday. but if you can't wait, you don't have to.
1:15.4	The full episode is available right now on Tenderfoot Plus.
1:18.8	Subscribing gets you early access, ad-free listening, and exclusive content, not just for
1:23.2	truer crime, but for over 30 shows and 500 episodes.
1:27.3	If you love going deeper, this is the way to do it.
1:30.4	Just head to 10Footplus.com to sign up.
1:36.5	If you're looking for a true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines, let me introduce
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