Article 62YB8 Sullivan Walter freed after 36 years for New Orleans rape he didn’t commit

Sullivan Walter freed after 36 years for New Orleans rape he didn’t commit

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Edwin Rios in New York and agencies
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I just want to live an honest, free life,' says Walter, who was just 17 when he was locked up based on disputed identification evidence

Sullivan Walter was just a teenager when he was arrested in connection with a rape during a home invasion in New Orleans.

More than three decades later, a Louisiana judge determined Walter, now 53, was wrongfully convicted for a crime he didn't commit and freed him from prison on Thursday.

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