On Dec. 10, 1991, 35-year-old Rick Walker, an auto mechanic and son of a prominent East Palo Alto councilwoman, was about to be shipped to San Quentin, then Pelican Bay, having been convicted of murder. Twelve years later — after his father had died, after his young son had become a man — Walker was set free, thanks to a corporate lawyer and family friend who provided irrefutable evidence that Walker wasn’t the killer.
Read the compelling story of how Walker was accused, convicted, and sentenced for a murder he did not commit, and how twelve years later he was exonerated, here from The San Francisco Chronicle.
Read the compelling story of how Walker was accused, convicted, and sentenced for a murder he did not commit, and how twelve years later he was exonerated, here from The San Francisco Chronicle.
On Dec. 10, 1991, 35-year-old Rick Walker, an auto mechanic and son of a prominent East Palo Alto councilwoman, was about to be shipped to San Quentin, then Pelican Bay, having been convicted of murder. Twelve years later — after his father had died, after his young son had become a man — Walker was set free, thanks to a corporate lawyer and family friend who provided irrefutable evidence that Walker wasn’t the killer.
Read the compelling story of how Walker was accused, convicted, and sentenced for a murder he did not commit, and how twelve years later he was exonerated, here from The San Francisco Chronicle.
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