Steven Toney

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Charge:	Rape and Sodomy
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13.5
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Missouri
County or Region of Crime:	St. Louis
City of Crime:	St. Louis
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Steven Toney was exonerated of a 1982 rape by the DNA test a federal appellate court ruled he had a right to have conducted. The test results proved two eyewitnesses were mistaken. Centurion Ministeries was behind the campaign that resulted in his July 1996 release. Sentenced to two life terms. Wrongly imprisoned for 13 years and 10 months. Compensated with $242,450 by a revision to Missouri's wrongful compensation bill in July 2006, that paid him $50 per day of wrongful imprisonment. Compensation to be paid at a maximum rate of $35,600 per year until the entire principle is paid."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness testimony
Innocence Proved By:	DNA
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
Compensation Awarded:	"$242,450 (State of Missouri, July 2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""Innocent Man 'Elated' to Be Free," Tim Bryant (staff writer), St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 17, 1996."
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Information Source 3:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 3:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=09
Information Source 4:	"St Louis Post-Dispatch, 8-11-02"
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Steven Toney

Charge:

Rape and Sodomy

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13.5

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Missouri

County or Region of Crime:

St. Louis

City of Crime:

St. Louis

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness testimony

Innocence Proved By:

DNA

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

"$242,450 (State of Missouri, July 2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

Information Location 1:

http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

Information Source 2:

""Innocent Man 'Elated' to Be Free," Tim Bryant (staff writer), St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 17, 1996."

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Information Source 3:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=09

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"St Louis Post-Dispatch, 8-11-02"

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