# Tommy Lee Walker

Overturned · 1953

Tommy Lee Walker was an African-American man who was wrongfully convicted and executed by the state of Texas for the 1953 rape and murder of Venice Parker, a 31-year-old white woman from Dallas. Walker's conviction heavily relied upon a dubious confession he made to police under duress, which he later recanted. In January, 2026, nearly 70 years after his execution, Dallas County unanimously passed a resolution…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=82197065
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/tommy-lee-walker-w82197065

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