Tommy Lee Walker 1953年被错误定罪 近70年后 被宣布无罪 Tommy Lee Walker, wrongfully convicted in 1953, is posthumously exonerated after nearly 70 years.

Tommy Lee Walker是来自得克萨斯州的黑人,在被处决近70年后,在1953年强奸和谋杀Dallas的白人商店店员Wenice Parker的事件中,他被宣布无罪。 Nearly 70 years after his execution, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, has been posthumously exonerated in the 1953 rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white store clerk in Dallas. 达拉斯县DA办公室、纽约无罪计划(Innocence Project of New York)和东北大学联合审查发现,原案建立在虚假证据、不可靠证词和种族偏见的基础上,审判是在对黑人“偷窥汤姆”的种族恐惧中进行的。 免罪承认Walker于1956年被错误定罪和执行,这凸显了美国刑事司法系统中持久的种族不公正。 A joint review by the Dallas County DA’s office, the Innocence Project of New York, and Northeastern University found the original case was built on false evidence, unreliable testimony, and racial bias, with the trial occurring amid racial fears of a Black “Peeping Tom.” The exoneration acknowledges Walker was wrongfully convicted and executed in 1956, highlighting enduring racial injustices in the U.S. criminal justice system.