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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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40 |
Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
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Year Convicted: |
1962 |
Year
Cleared:
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2004 |
Location
of Trial:
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Texas |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of robbing a Safeway store in Texas in 1962. Tortured into falsely confessing by police who tortured him by crushing his fingers. Coney served a total of 40 years in prison before his conviction was vacated in August 2004. After more than four decades his fingers were still deformed. |
Conviction
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False confession extracted by police crushing his fingers between the bars on his holding cell. His fingers were permanently mangled. |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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34 |
Age
When Released:
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76 |
Information Source 1: |
US Man Freed 40 Years After Wrongful Conviction, China Daily, Aug 21, 2004 |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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