Jaikorian Johnson, convicted in the 2020 shooting death of 15-year-old Corban Henry, has been released from prison and placed on mandatory reentry supervision, according to Kentucky Department of Corrections records.
Johnson, now 22, began the supervision period July 13 and is set to remain under it through Jan. 17, 2027, records show. He is supervised out of the Kentucky Department of Corrections’ District 13 office, based in Owensboro.
OT last reported on the case in September 2024, when Johnson was resentenced to a total of 10 years in prison: 10 years for second-degree manslaughter and 5 years each on four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, all running concurrently. The resentencing came after the Kentucky Supreme Court ordered a new penalty-phase trial.
Johnson was convicted in 2022 of second-degree manslaughter, fourth-degree assault, and four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment in the Aug. 15, 2020 shooting death of Henry. He was 17 at the time. His original 20-year sentence was overturned on appeal after the state’s high court found prejudicial testimony had been allowed during the 2022 penalty phase.
Mandatory reentry supervision is ordered under state law roughly six months before an inmate’s sentence is set to expire, for inmates who haven’t been granted discretionary parole. Legally, an inmate on mandatory reentry supervision is considered to be on parole, even though the release itself wasn’t a parole board decision.
Daviess Circuit Court records also show a motion for shock probation, a request to be released early and placed on probation, was denied in March 2025. A separate motion to compel, filed pro se in July 2025, was denied in August 2025. The record does not specify what the motion sought to compel.
