A bit of perspective
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- BuddhaHat
Just when you think you're having a crap day, you read the news and see something that puts life back in perspective for you. It's good to get a good kick up the ass like that every once in a while. This is what did it to me today:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,2…
Wronged death row inmate dies in crash
A FORMER US prison inmate who spent a decade on death row has died barely a month after being released from jail after a car accident, Texas police said.
Michael Toney, 43, died when he lost control of the car he was driving on a Texas road on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Toney received a death sentence in 1999 for his conviction in a 1985 car bombing which left three people dead.
He maintained his innocence over the years and was finally freed after a key prosecution witness in the case recanted.
A Texas Appeals Court ultimately overturned Toney's conviction, ruling that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence, and he finally won his freedom on September 2, barely a month before the fatal accident.
- duckofrubber0
Damn, that sucks.
- TheBlueOne0
wow. dude got dealt a bad hand.
- utopian0
Has anyone seen his criminal record?
- Sugary0
if he was drunk I shed not a tear