Freed Texas inmate dies in crash - one month after leaving death row
Source: Stdney Morning Herald
A former US prison inmate who spent a decade on death row has died barely a month after being released from jail after a car accident, Texas police said on Monday.
Michael Toney, 43, died when he lost control of the car he was driving on a Texas road on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Toney received a death sentence in 1999 for his conviction in a 1985 car bombing which left three people dead. He maintained his innocence over the years and was finally freed after a key prosecution witness in the case recanted.
A Texas Appeals Court ultimately overturned Toney's conviction, ruling that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence, and he finally won his freedom on September 2, barely a month before the fatal accident.
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A former US prison inmate who spent a decade on death row has died barely a month after being released from jail after a car accident, Texas police said on Monday.
Michael Toney, 43, died when he lost control of the car he was driving on a Texas road on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Toney received a death sentence in 1999 for his conviction in a 1985 car bombing which left three people dead. He maintained his innocence over the years and was finally freed after a key prosecution witness in the case recanted.
A Texas Appeals Court ultimately overturned Toney's conviction, ruling that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence, and he finally won his freedom on September 2, barely a month before the fatal accident.
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