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

Kevin Strickland, 62, managed a smile while talking to the media after his release from prison on Tuesday in Cameron, Mo. Rich Sugg/The Kansas City Star via AP A Kansas City man who was jailed for more than 40 years for three murders was released from prison Tuesday after a judge ruled that he was wrongfully convicted in 1979. Kevin Strickland, 62, has always maintained that he was home watching television and had nothing to do with the killings, which happened when he was 18