Nick Gady

Danny also talked to people involved, including alibi witnesses.

But perhaps the most significant person Danny Carr consulted, the original prosecutor, Jeff Wallace himself.

the same prosecutor who asked two juries to sentence DeForest to death.

It turns out Jeff Wallace had his own questions about the credibility of his star witness, Violet Ellison, going back 15 years.

Several years after Taforist was convicted, Jeff said he was passing through a courtroom during a trial of a drug dealer.

Jeff Wallace wasn't prosecuting the case.

He just needed to ask the bailiff a question.

To be clear, I'm not sure what consoling a suspected drug dealer's wife has to do with Violet Ellison's credibility into Forrest's case.

But Jeff said it left him with an unsettling impression about his star witness, a realization that there were things about her he didn't know.

And he did.

In 2007, Jeff Wallace talked to Taforis' legal team about what he saw.

They looked into the information and...

but so far it hasn't led to any new legal claims for DeForest.

Fast forward 13 years, and Danny Carr calls on Jeff Wallace to talk about the conviction of DeForest Johnson.

Jeff shares his concerns about Violet Ellison's credibility, and then he does something that makes a major impression on Danny.

Jeff Wallace says he believes Taforist should be granted a new trial.

This incredible development pushes Danny to take public action.

But Danny has one more important call to make to Deputy Bill Hardy's family.

He braces himself.

It's never easy for a prosecutor to talk to a victim's family about unsettling the conviction in their loved one's murder.