Charles Walker (Georgia politician)

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Photo of Charles Walker after he was reelected to his Senate Seat following his indictment on 142 counts

Charles W. Walker (born November 8, 1947) was once a powerful Georgia State Senator. He was first elected to the State Senate in 1990, and in 1996 he became the first African-American State Senate Majority leader in Georgia history. Walker is a Democrat and is from Augusta, Georgia.

Walker started a newspaper called The Augusta Focus, that served Augusta's black community, that often expressed opposite viewpoints of Augusta's only daily newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle. Walker was a shrewd businessman, owning 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 is currently serving a ten year sentence in the minimum security facility as the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), in Estill, South Carolina, that is a medium security facility. He was convicted on 127 counts, including tax evasion, mail fraud and conspiracy in federal court in Augusta. His projected release date from federal prison is September 26, 2014. ^[1]

His appeal was rejected on May 12, 2008 ^[2]

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