Lee Dell Walker

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	18
Year Crime:	1954
Year Convicted:	1954
Year Cleared:	1972
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
City of Crime:	Detroit
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Lee Dell Walker falsely confessed to murder under duress. After his release, he failed in his efforts to sue the prosecutor for defamation."
Conviction Caused By:	Falsely confessed to murder under police and prosecutorial duress.
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Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 166."
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Information Source 2:	"Walker v. Cahalan, 542 F.2d 681 (6th Cir., 11-5-1976) (Remanding to district court to determine if prosecutor acted with "malice" in defaming Walker.)"
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Lee Dell Walker

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

18

Year Crime:

1954

Year Convicted:

1954

Year Cleared:

1972

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Detroit

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Lee Dell Walker falsely confessed to murder under duress. After his release, he failed in his efforts to sue the prosecutor for defamation."

Conviction Caused By:

Falsely confessed to murder under police and prosecutorial duress.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 166."

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"Walker v. Cahalan, 542 F.2d 681 (6th Cir., 11-5-1976) (Remanding to district court to determine if prosecutor acted with "malice" in defaming Walker.)"

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https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/542/542.F2d.681.75-2328.html

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