Opinion ID: 453243
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Walker's Alleged Confession.

Text: 52
53 In May 1964, shortly after he was convicted and sentenced to death at his first trial, Walker agreed to make a tape-recorded statement for Jimmy Karam, a member of the Gideons. While in jail, Walker had undergone a religious conversion and had been baptized. Karam wanted to obtain Walker's personal testimony for use by Billy Graham and by the Gideons at church meetings and revivals to help young people not to fall by the wayside as Walker had done. [T. 558.] The tape, which was intended to show Walker's conversion and repentance, was recorded by a state police officer at the Pulaski County Jail. The original tape has apparently been in the possession of the Arkansas State Police since May 1964. [T. 525.] In the course of his testimony as a born-again Christian, Walker says, among other things: 54 And I come to Little Rock, Arkansas, and again, I was drinking and that led to a fight up here in a nightclub. Now it's led to murder. I killed a man out here, plus ... it's probably late now to say that it wasn't done intentionally, but it wasn't.    One day we were having a prayer, and I asked the Lord to forgive me if he could for my sins that I committed because I had committed I can say, ah, every sin imaginable ... stealing up to adultery, fornication ... murder even. 55