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Unaddressed. >> so all of this stuff that i tried to outline, things that you wrote about that show all of the things that seem to be wrong about having but convicted mr. johnson. it all became very narrow this week because the alabama court of appeals ruled against mr. johnsons claim of prosecutorial misconduct. because the money paid to a key witness in this trial. that seems to be one little piece of this whole thing. but for mr. johnson, its a complete setback. what is his best chance for ge...

Its about overly aggressive law enforcement, a soup pine judiciary and almost comically ineffective representation. and how all of these things remain on death row who nearly everyone now agrees is innocent. even the man who prosecuted him now doubts his guilt. its a story about the lives ruined along the way. and its about the murder of a much like deputy that because of all this, remains unsolved. all of those aspects of the story were true three years ago and given a setback to mr. johnsons c...

They publicly expressed disappointment in the trial. one said, quote, when you look back at all of the stuff the jury did not know, i feel like we were used like pawns in a chess game, not even knowing we were being used. it is all very disturbing to read all of this now. johnsons defense now has ten witnesses who put him in a different part of town at the time of the murder. and yet justice is not any closer. this week, the alabama court of criminal appeals rejected johnsons claim that prosecut...

And when theyre really certain that the person is innocent. so as i started doing more and more reporting on the case in talking to the attorneys who were involved. it just became clearer and clearer that this was a real injustice that had gone unaddressed. >> so all of this stuff that i tried to outline, things that you wrote about that show all of the things that seem to be wrong about having but convicted mr. johnson. it all became very narrow this week because the alabama court of appeals ru...

Piece of this whole thing. but for m johnson, it is a complete setback. what is his best chance for getting justice when so many little things went wrong to get him the death penalty? >> this is one of the huge problems with our system. so once a jury returns a guilty verdict in the case, the system switches from representation of innocent, a presumption of nns to prioritizing and preserving the finality of the verdict and the idea is he want to preserve jury verdict, particularly guilty verdict...

Facts of the case that sent mr. johnson to alabamas death row where he is now spent half of his life. quote, this is a story about a wrongful conviction. its about witnesses who were rewarded for allies and threatened for telling the truth. its about overly aggressive law enforcement, a soup pine judiciary and almost comically ineffective representation. and how all of these things remain on death row who nearly everyone now agrees is innocent. even the man who prosecuted him now doubts his guil...

Time of the murder and yet justice is not any closer. this week, the alabama court of criminal appeals rejected johnsons claim that prosecutors committed misconduct and so the court upheld his conviction. despite that setback, johnson still stands a chance at an entirely new trial. but alabamas governor and attorney general could easily end this all right now. the governor could pardon johnson. the attorney general could drop the case. and so far, they have not. why? whats the holdup? the report...

All of those aspects of the story were true three years ago, and given a setback to mr. johnsons case, this week, when the state appeals court upheld his conviction, they remain true today. the case is far from over though. the district attorney has tried to get a new trial. alabamas governor could pardon johnson, and the attorney general could drop the case. joining us now is bradley velcro, the "washington post" columnist who wrote that piece for the "washington post" and helped johnsons case ...

Washington post where he writes, as a lifelong defender of the death penalty, i do not lightly say what follows. an innocent man is trapped on alabamas death row. three jurors who voted to convict johnson have also called for the jefferson county circuit court to throw out johnsons conviction. they publicly expressed disappointment in the trial. one said, quote, when you look back at all of the stuff the jury did not know, i feel like we were used like pawns in a chess game, not even knowing we ...

Launch something big, they cant afford another setback. that long, long hand reaching out from the kremlin is grabbing them by the back of the neck. it is putin. >> quoting george kenin and woody hayes in the same thought. incredible. >> yeah. >> retired four-star navy admiral james stavridis. thank you, admiral. still ahead on "morning joe," ambassador to russia john sullivan will be our guest. plenty of questions. rand paul standing in the way of $40 billion in aid to ukraine. well tell yo...