conviction_status death_date birth_place image_size charge image_caption parents birth_date article_title name occupation image_name
died in prison 2 december 1999 brenham , texas 150px rape -lrb- posthumously overturned -rrb- timothy cole ruby -lrb- father , deceased -rrb- cole session -lrb- mother -rrb- dewitt r. session july 1 , 1960 tim cole
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tim cole

timothy brian cole -lrb- july 1 , 1960 -- december 2 , 1999 -rrb- was an african-american military veteran and a texas tech university student wrongfully convicted of raping a fellow student in 1985 .
cole attended two years of college followed by two years of service in the u.s. army .
after his army service , he returned to college at texas tech in lubbock .
cole died after serving 14 years in prison , but was posthumously pardoned .
