Post by MXB on Mar 7, 2007 22:23:59 GMT -5
FREE GARY TYLER
Gary Tyler has been imprisoned at Angola in Louisiana for the past 32 years for a murder he did not commit. Gary, who is Black, was tried and convicted by an all-white jury in 1975. Initially, he was sentenced to death by electrocution- -the sentence was later changed to life without the possibility of parole. He was the youngest person on death row at the time.
Gary was convicted of killing Tim Weber, a 13-year-old white student who was killed by gunfire after a racist white mob attacked the bus that Gary and other Black students were riding. No evidence exists to support the claims against Gary, and all of the witnesses that once implicated Gary have recanted.
Gary and Gary's family have endured a long struggle to try to free him. Bob Herbert, a columnist with the New York Times recently did a three-part series about Gary that has helped to rejuvenate the fight to free him.
To read this and other good articles: http://freegarytyle r.com.
The CEDP is participating in the struggle for Gary. Chapters should consider holding a meeting on the Tyler case, and can use the Website to down load a fact sheet and petition. Also, chapters could consider showing the movie The Farm, which is about Angola prison. Although Gary is not in the film, it could make for a good introduction to discuss his case, and what we can do to build support to help him win his freedom.
Joe Allen, the national coordinator of the Free Gary Tyler committee writes: Since last Thursday's (March 1) interview on Democracy Now! with Bob Herbert of the New York Times, and Gary's mother Juanita Tyler and sister Bobbi, the Free Gary Tyler campaign has received a tremendous response from across the country. Nearly 1,000 new people have signed the online petition, and this is on top of the nearly 1,000 who signed the petition following the publication of Bob Herbert's three columns on Gary's case in early February.
Gary's powerful story of school integration, Klan violence, police brutality, wrongful conviction and political persecution has clearly moved many people. There is clearly a feeling out there that a real national movement can be built to fight for Gary's freedom. From a small informal group of friends, activists and family members who began this effort last year to revive Gary's case, there are now potentially hundreds of people, if not more, who want to build a national campaign to free Gary.
While the Free Gary Tyler committee has made plans to have large public forums over the next month in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, CEDP chapters are encouraged to hold meetings on Gary's case and help support the activities of the Free Gary Tyler committee in their cities.
Repinted from CEDP
Gary Tyler has been imprisoned at Angola in Louisiana for the past 32 years for a murder he did not commit. Gary, who is Black, was tried and convicted by an all-white jury in 1975. Initially, he was sentenced to death by electrocution- -the sentence was later changed to life without the possibility of parole. He was the youngest person on death row at the time.
Gary was convicted of killing Tim Weber, a 13-year-old white student who was killed by gunfire after a racist white mob attacked the bus that Gary and other Black students were riding. No evidence exists to support the claims against Gary, and all of the witnesses that once implicated Gary have recanted.
Gary and Gary's family have endured a long struggle to try to free him. Bob Herbert, a columnist with the New York Times recently did a three-part series about Gary that has helped to rejuvenate the fight to free him.
To read this and other good articles: http://freegarytyle r.com.
The CEDP is participating in the struggle for Gary. Chapters should consider holding a meeting on the Tyler case, and can use the Website to down load a fact sheet and petition. Also, chapters could consider showing the movie The Farm, which is about Angola prison. Although Gary is not in the film, it could make for a good introduction to discuss his case, and what we can do to build support to help him win his freedom.
Joe Allen, the national coordinator of the Free Gary Tyler committee writes: Since last Thursday's (March 1) interview on Democracy Now! with Bob Herbert of the New York Times, and Gary's mother Juanita Tyler and sister Bobbi, the Free Gary Tyler campaign has received a tremendous response from across the country. Nearly 1,000 new people have signed the online petition, and this is on top of the nearly 1,000 who signed the petition following the publication of Bob Herbert's three columns on Gary's case in early February.
Gary's powerful story of school integration, Klan violence, police brutality, wrongful conviction and political persecution has clearly moved many people. There is clearly a feeling out there that a real national movement can be built to fight for Gary's freedom. From a small informal group of friends, activists and family members who began this effort last year to revive Gary's case, there are now potentially hundreds of people, if not more, who want to build a national campaign to free Gary.
While the Free Gary Tyler committee has made plans to have large public forums over the next month in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, CEDP chapters are encouraged to hold meetings on Gary's case and help support the activities of the Free Gary Tyler committee in their cities.
Repinted from CEDP