Texas Black man exonerated 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias

Review of case found problems with statements from police officer who claimed victim had identified her attacker

Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent of the killing of a white woman in Dallas.

Tommy Lee Walker was executed in the electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker.