Gary Tyler, an African-American man, is serving a life sentence without chance of parole in Louisiana. With coerced witness testimony and without any physical evidence, he was convicted by an all-white jury for the 1974 murder of 13-year-old Timothy Weber, a white student who was shot during intense racial clashes in Destrehan, Louisiana. Tyler, who was 16 at the time of the incident, has consistently denied involvement in the crime. He was denied a fair trial and racial prejudice palyed a major part in his prosecution and conviction.
Governor Kathleen Blanco of the state of Louisiana should be contacted to get involved in this case.
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How do we know the trial was unfair? Do you know good places for background info?
A trial is patently unfair if no physical evidence is found. Our system of Juris-Prudence is founded upon the submission of physical evidence. This case wreaks of racism.
The case may reek of racism, but I'm not sure that's so just because there is no physical evidence. It does leave me suspicious, but what other kind of evidence was there? Who were the witnesses?
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