Apr 29, 2025 · STATE OF LOUISIANA * NO. 2024-KA-0420 VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL SULLIVAN WALTER * FOURTH CIRCUIT * STATE OF LOUISIANA * * ******* RML LEDET, J., DISSENTS WITH REASONS Contrary to the majority, I would find the district court manifestly erred in granting Sullivan Walter ’s claim under the Louisiana Wrongful Conviction Compensation statute, La. R.S. 15:572.8 (the “LWCC”).1 To recover under ...
May 22, 2024 · Sullivan Walter was sentenced for a crime he didn't commit. Nearly four decades later the state is awarding him compensation for their mistake.
Aug 26, 2022 · Sullivan Walter was wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago. He was finally freed this week after a judge threw out his conviction.
Aug 26, 2022 · A Black Louisiana man who spent nearly four decades in prison after he was wrongly convicted as a teenager in a 1986 rape was exonerated this week. Sullivan Walter , 53, was freed from Elayn Hunt Correction Center on Thursday after a state district judge tossed his conviction in the decades-old case, ABC News reported.
Aug 26, 2022 · A Louisiana man has been exonerated after spending more than 36 years in jail for rape, according to court documents. Sullivan Walter , now 53, was “exonerated after 36 years, 1 month, and 30 ...
Aug 26, 2022 · Share Prefer the Guardian on Google Sullivan Walter was just a teenager when he was arrested in connection with a rape during a home invasion in New Orleans.
