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The strange nether world between freedom and not

By cdw

Michael Toney was moved from death row late last year and then, oddly, Wednesday night from the local jail. Local media notes: Toney?s abrupt release from jail Wednesday night was the culmination of a stunning turn of events for a man who less than a year ago was still awaiting execution by lethal injection. For almost a decade on Death Row, Toney relentlessly protested his 1999 conviction for one of Tarrant County?s most notorious crimes, which killed three people. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Toney?s conviction in December because prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to his defense during his trial, a fact that led to the recusal. On Thursday, Toney, who for years sent correspondence about his case to journalists, prosecutors and others, declined an interview request...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).