Robert Carroll Coney

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
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Years Imprisoned:	40
Year Crime:	1962
Year Convicted:	1962
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Angelina
City of Crime:	Lufkin
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Robert Carroll Coney was wrongly convicted of robbing a Safeway store in Texas in 1962. Coney was coerced to falsely confess 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 Caused By:	False confession extracted by police crushing his fingers between the bars on his holding cell. His fingers were permanently mangled.
Innocence Proved By:	Coney's conviction was vacated in August 2004.
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	76
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"US Man Freed 40 Years After Wrongful Conviction, China Daily, Aug 21, 2004"
Information Location 1:	http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/21/content_367560.htm
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Robert Carroll Coney

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

40

Year Crime:

1962

Year Convicted:

1962

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Angelina

City of Crime:

Lufkin

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted by police crushing his fingers between the bars on his holding cell. His fingers were permanently mangled.

Innocence Proved By:

Coney's conviction was vacated in August 2004.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

76

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"US Man Freed 40 Years After Wrongful Conviction, China Daily, Aug 21, 2004"

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/21/content_367560.htm

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