Bruce Carl Toney

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	22 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
City of Crime:	Detroit
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Bruce Carl Toney was wrongly convicted of cocaine possession and firearm possession in June 2002. Conviction vacated and released in December 2003, after 18 months of wrongful imprisonment. Two Detroit police officers were charged with deprivation of Toney's rights by arresting him without probable cause."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjury by police, and filing false police reports. Prosecution Brady violation of failing to turn over exculpatory evidence."
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction vacated on December 4, 2003 and his immediate release ordered after prosecutors conceeded Bruce Toney had been wrongly convicted."
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Age When Imprisoned:	43
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Wrongly convicted man to be freed, By David Shepardson, The Detroit News, December 5, 2004"
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Bruce Carl Toney

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

22 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Detroit

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjury by police, and filing false police reports. Prosecution Brady violation of failing to turn over exculpatory evidence."

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction vacated on December 4, 2003 and his immediate release ordered after prosecutors conceeded Bruce Toney had been wrongly convicted."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

43

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Wrongly convicted man to be freed, By David Shepardson, The Detroit News, December 5, 2004"

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http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0312/07/d08d-342301.htm

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