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More on the Michael Toney Case

By Steve Hall

"Texas hasn't ruled out retrying freed Death Row inmate in Lake Worth bombing," is Alex Branch's report in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram.State authorities say they have not ruled out retrying Michael Toney in the 1985 bombing of a Lake Worth trailer despite the dismissal of the murder case against him.The Texas attorney general?s office dropped the case Wednesday because it did not have time to review all the evidence or conduct more forensic tests before the November trial date, according to the motion for dismissal.In its decision, the state reserved the right to prosecute Toney later, and there is no statute of limitations for murder. The attorney general?s office got the case in January after the Tarrant County district attorney?s office recused itself...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).