New Orleans man wrongfully convicted of rape released from prison after 36 years; others could be ne
Sullivan Walter, 53, was wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in 1986 when he was 17 years old. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate) A New Orleans man spent 36 years in prison for a 1986 rape he did not commit before he was finally released Thursday. Sullivan Walter, 53, was exonerated Thursday, more than three-and-a-half decades since he was mistakenly identified as the perpetrator of a 1986 home invasion and rape, which occurred in a dark room, according to Innocence Project N