| 词条 | Charles Walker (Georgia politician) |
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Charles W. Walker Sr. (born November 8, 1947) is a former state senator in the legislature of the state of Georgia. He was first elected in 1990. In 1996, he became Georgia's first African-American Senate Majority Leader. Walker is a Democrat and is from Augusta, Georgia. Walker owned a myriad of small enterprises under the name The Walker Group. One of Walker's first ventures was a convenience store called "Reklaw's", which is Walker spelled backwards. Walker started a newspaper called The Augusta Focus that served Augusta's black community. It often expressed opposing viewpoints to Augusta's only daily newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle. Convicted in 2005 by a federal court in Augusta on charges including tax evasion, mail fraud, theft, misusing campaign funds, and conspiracy (127 counts, in all),[1][2] Walker was serving a ten-year sentence at a Federal Correctional Institution in Estill, South Carolina. His projected release date was September 26, 2022.[3] An appeal of his convictions was rejected on July 6, 2007.[4] Walker filed a petition for habeas corpus in March 2009. The federal judge who presided over his trial recused himself from presiding over Walker's petition in May 2009.[1] Walker was released from custody in late 2016.[2] References1. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_519318.shtml |title=Walker judge recuses himself |work=The Augusta Chronicle |date=May 20, 2009}} {{Democratic Party of Georgia}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Charles W. Sr.}}2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2016-11-01/charles-walker-gets-early-release-federal-probation|title=Charles Walker gets early release from federal probation|work=The Augusta Chronicle|date=November 1, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Charles&Middle=W.&LastName=Walker&Race=B&Sex=M&Age=62&x=44&y=17 |title=Inmate Locator - Locate Federal inmates from 1982 to present |work=Federal Bureau of Prisons}} 4. ^U.S. v. Walker {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528001636/http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200516756.pdf |date=May 28, 2010 }} (11th Cir. 2007). 10 : 1947 births|Living people|Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats|African-American state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia (U.S. state) state senators|Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud|American people convicted of tax crimes|Georgia (U.S. state) politicians convicted of crimes|21st-century American politicians|Politicians from Augusta, Georgia |
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