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Free Gary Tyler

An early Zapiro cartoon published in the Nation on Free Gary Tyler. 

Gary Tyler (born July 1958) has been a prisoner in Louisiana since 1975, when he was convicted at age 17 of the 1974 shooting death of a 13-year-old white boy. Originally sentenced to death, Tyler was the youngest prisoner on death row. The Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled the trial was "fundamentally unfair". Tyler's cause has been taken up by human rights organizations, as well as many other supporters, including a range of sports figures and organizations in 2007

Thanks to Maureen Kelleher, who sent us a copy of the cartoon.

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