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Notwithstanding Governor Roemer's own father, Charles E. Roemer, II having been a strong advocate for African-American Civil Rights in his own political career in Louisiana, Governor Roemer refused to consider a pardon for Tyler in a racially charged environment where David Duke was gaining popularity and rising to prominent political power.
Dec 15, 1989 · The Pardon Board voted 3 to 2 today to recommend that the Governor reduce the sentence to 60 years. If Mr. Roemer does so, Mr. Tyler would be eligible for parole in five years.
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Jul 23, 1989 · Sentence Reduction. Inmates accuse Roemer of going back on his word to reduce sentences fairly, based on merit. Under Edwards, money and political connections got inmates out of prison, they said.
Jan 25, 1990 · Louisiana Governor Refuses to Pardon Black in '74 Killing. Share full article. AP. Jan. 25, 1990; Credit... The New York Times Archives ...
May 17, 2021 · Roemer, who had been a strong supporter of civil rights throughout his career, refused to even meet with Duke. He finished fourth in the primary, only 1.2 percentage points out of the runoff.
Amnesty International Report circa 1995. Gary Tyler, black, now aged 36, is serving a life prison sentence in Louisiana State Penitentiary. He was convicted in November 1975 for the murder of 13-year-old Timothy Weber, a white schoolboy who was shot during racial fighting in 1974. Tyler, who was 16 at the time of the incident, has consistently ...
May 17, 2021 · Published 9:49 AM PDT, May 17, 2021. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Buddy Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisiana’s governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday at age 77. His son, Chas Roemer, said the former governor died peacefully at his home in ...
