Dallas County Jail reaches full capacity for the first time in decades

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In 1956, the state of Texas executed a nineteen year old Black man in the electric chair after a rushed murder conviction built on a coerced confession and no physical evidence. His final words were simple and devastating. “I’m innocent.” This video tells the true story of Tommy Lee Walker, a hospital orderly, new father, and Dallas resident who was wrongfully convicted of the 1953 murder of Venice Lorraine Parker during the height of Jim Crow era policing. Despite ten eyewitnesses confirming Wa