Dallas set to exonerate man wrongfully executed for murder 70 years ago

Wednesday is expected to be one of the most significant moments in the history of the Dallas County Commissioners Court: Evidence will be presented and a resolution is expected to pass declaring that a man arrested for murder by Dallas Police and later executed in the Texas death chamber was, in fact, innocent of the crime.

What happened to Tommy Lee Walker in 1956 may seem like a long time ago, but it has never been forgotten by many in Dallas’ Black community.

Looking into his eyes in a film from inside a Dallas courtroom, you can only imagine what was going through the mind of Walker…

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