The Struggle to Free Gary Tyler

My Notes: the pamphlet below was printed by the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) who took up the struggle to free Gary Tyler in 1976. He was freed after spending 41 years in Jail Gary Tyler (born July 1958), from St. Rose, Louisiana , is an African-American man who is a former prisoner at the Louisiana State Prison in Angola, Louisiana . He was freed after 41 years in jail after being tried as an adult and convicted of first-degree murder at age 17 by an all-white jury ; he received the mandatory death sentence for that crime, according to state law. When he entered Louisiana State Prison (Angola), he was the youngest person on death row. Many observers believe that Tyler was wrongfully convicted, as his trial and defense were seriously flawed. He was imprisoned from 1975 until April 29, 2016. He had been convicted of the October 7, 1974 shooting death of a 13-year-old white boy and wounding of another, on a day of violent protests by whites against black students at...