At Last, A Small Measure of Justice for Walter Lomax

They say justice delayed is justice denied. And no one can say that what happened to Walter Lomax was anything less than an injustice.

In 1968, 20-year-old Walter was convicted of a murder he did not commit. After a trial in a Baltimore City courtroom where there was clear suppression of evidence, erroneous cross-racial identifications, and police misconduct, he spent the next 39 years in jail.

It was only in December 2006 that Circuit Judge Gale Rasin commuted his sentence to time-served in response to a post-conviction petition challenging the validity of his conviction and imprisonment.

In the years since his release, Walter has established himself as widely-respected member of the Baltimore community and a published author, who heads the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, which advocates for humane sentencing policies.

All the while, Walter and his team of attorneys from Murphy, Falcon & Murphy and Crowell & Moring have been working to officially clear his record.

Last week, Walter finally received welcome, hard-won news: local prosecutors formally dropped all charges against him.

Congratulations, Walter.

Learn more about Walter and his amazing story here:

Baltimore Sun
Charges against Walter Lomax dropped in 1968 murder case

CBS Baltimore WJZ-TV 13
Free at last. Baltimore man exonerated of 1968 murder conviction

The Daily Record
Evidence clears Lomax’s name 50 years later

WBAL TV 11
Man who spent 39 years in prison gets name cleared