Free after 36 years in prison for a rape he never committed
Walter Sullivan was 17 when he was sentenced after only one day of trial, despite there being no correspondence between the seminal fluid and his blood
Walter Sullivan (photo The Guardian)
He unfairly served 36 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, now he is finally free. Maybe too late.
The story, as often happens in the United States, concerns an African American.
Walter Sullivan was a teenager when he was arrested for rape in New Orleans. Now, 36 years later, he was released because a Louisiana judge determined he hadn't committed any crime .
A case that demonstrates how racial prejudice continues to pervade the American judicial system, says the Innocence Project New Orleans.
Sullivan had been sentenced to 39 years in prison after a single day of trial , despite the authorities failing to prove any correspondence between the seminal fluid and Walter's blood.
"I am ready to live. I want to live an honest and free life," said he - now 53 - after leaving prison, according to local newspapers.
(Unioneonline / L)
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