Nick Gady
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Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
So why is the state of Alabama still trying to kill him?
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
This is Ear Witness, Chapter 8, Bondage to the Law.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
I'm meeting with District Attorney Danny Carr, but not at his office in the courthouse.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
We're at the barbershop he owns in Birmingham's Inslee community, where he grew up.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
Tile floors, posters of hairstyles on the walls, and a sign advertising $10 haircuts.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
I don't normally interview prosecutors while they're getting a haircut.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
In 2018, when he was elected district attorney of Jefferson County, he became the first Black man to hold the position.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
He now runs the same office that argued for Taforest Johnson to be sentenced to death for Deputy Bill Hardy's murder.
Bone Valley
Bondage to the Law
But Danny Carr wasn't part of Taforest's prosecution.