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 and conspiracy (127 counts, in all),[1] Walker is currently serving a ten-year sentence at a Federal Correctional Institution in Estill, South Carolina. His projected release date is September 26, 2022.[2]
An appeal of his convictions was rejected on July 6, 2007.[3]
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]
References
- ^ a b "Walker judge recuses himself". The Augusta Chronicle. May 20, 2009.
- ^ "Inmate Locator - Locate Federal inmates from 1982 to present". Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- ^ U.S. v. Walker Template:Wayback (11th Cir. 2007).