Posted on 10/25/2020 2:14:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An ex-Gary boxer serving a 30-year sentence on federal drug and conspiracy convictions was granted clemency Wednesday by President Donald Trump.
Charles “Duke” Tanner, 40, was released Wednesday from a Pennsylvania prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. His original release date was Oct. 20, 2030. He had lobbied unsuccessfully for years to cut his drug sentence short.
Tanner said Thursday he found out he was getting released after the prison’s 4 p.m. stand up count Wednesday. After his release, he was taken to a hotel room. Friends later picked him up.
"They came to my cell and said, ‘We gotta take you.’ I said, ‘What’s going on?’ ‘You’re getting an immediate release,’” he said. “I got to say a prayer and praise God.”
Tanner said he was asking a lawyer to petition for a compassionate release due to COVID-19, but the paperwork hadn’t been filed yet. State Sen. Eddie Melton, who knew him growing up, Tanner’s manager Troy Bly and his son C.J., now 18, and others were in the Philadelphia airport, according to a video on Bly’s Facebook page Thursday.
“Make sure that the President knows how grateful I am,” Tanner said in a phone interview. “If you go to my boxing career, the second, third fight (was at the Trump-owned casino) in Gary,” he said. “That’s the same guy giving me my clemency.”
For the time being, Tanner said he was headed to Indianapolis to be closer to his son. He wants to eventually get back in the ring.
“The boxing world needs to watch out, because I still got it,” he said.
When he was arrested, Tanner was an undefeated light heavyweight boxer from Gary who had been in a televised fight on ESPN. Then 24, he was one of the brightest talents to come
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NOTE:
Four Others receiving clemency are:
* Lenora Logan, who spent about 20 years in prison for her role in a cocaine conspiracy. During her time in prison, Logan served as a suicide watch companion, a nursing assistant for fellow prisoners in hospice care, and a leader of the praise and worship team. She was also credited with coming to the aid of a Bureau of Prisons nurse who was under assault by an unstable inmate, according to the White House.
* Rashella Reed, a former Atlanta Public Schools teacher, who spent six years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering, for taking part in a public benefits fraud scheme. Reed used her teaching background to tutor inmates and advance children’s programs while incarcerated.
* John Bolen, a small business owner who used his boat to transport cocaine from the Bahamas to Florida, was more than 13 years into a sentence of life imprisonment. The White House said Bolen was described by Bureau of Prison officials as a “model inmate.”
* Curtis McDonald, 70, was a co-conspirator of Johnson’s in a Memphis drug ring. McDonald was about 24 years into a life prison sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering. McDonald maintained employment during his time incarcerated, and completed several education courses.
“John Bolen, a small business owner who used his boat to transport cocaine from the Bahamas to Florida...”
That does not sound like a ‘small business.’
This can’t be true because Trump is a racist! /s
Name: Charles Tanner #08020-027
DOB: June 9, 1980
Age: 39
Race: African American
Raised: Indiana
Tried: Indiana
Will live: Indiana
Charges: 5 Kilos or more of powder cocaine
Sentence:Two life sentences reduced to 30 years in 2017 per Drugs Minus Two.
Sentenced on: May 2009 but arrested Sept. 1, 2004, given no bond, convicted in 2006
Served: 15 years
Priors: First time offender
Prison Conduct: First disciplinary on Dec 14, 2017 for ginger (herb) from the kitchen
Clemency status: Currently pending with the Trump administration
Release date: 11/24/2030
Institution: FCI Allenwood Low
Media: Former Gary boxer’s life sentence reduced to 30 years
The rise and fall of Charles ‘Duke’ Tanner
Medium: Clemency is almost impossible, and now prisoners are dying
Please sign Tanner’s change.org petition
Accomplishments:
Charles son, CJ pleading for President Trump to free his father.
According to Charles:
I was arrested in 2004 for the first time in my life, which halted my promising boxing career and took me away from my 2 year old son and family. I was convicted for non-violent drug charges and given 2 Life sentences. I have been accountable and taken responsibility for my actions that sent me to prison.
I have been incarcerated now for 14 years, and have 12 years of incarceration remaining. I broke the law and I realize taking the short cut was bogus and detrimental. I used very poor judgment. I have paid a hefty price and severely, 11 years of my life in Maximum Security without any disciplinary problems that entire duration. I have lost my mother, my father, and my oldest brother.
In 2016, my sentence was commuted to 30 years through the retroactive implementation of the ‘Drug -2’ law. For the first time in 12 years, I woke up with a release date, and knew I was on the right track. My good standing with the BOP allowed me to transfer to a Low Security prison in Pennsylvania.
I have spent the time on self improvement and now have over 1160 hours of programs, Life Connections, Vocational Building Trades (College Course). Inside out Dads, Parenting, I was the Clerk for Commissary for USP Terre Haute for 3 plus years, Life Connection Clerk, and Captains Orderly at USP McCreary and a Orderly at every prison. I have developed in body, mind, and spirit and ready to be a productive asset to society.
My plans are to live in Indiana to be close to my son and where my significant other resides. I have numerous employment opportunities pending my release. I am extremely passionate about mentoring the youth as I have consistently and effectively done with inmates during my incarceration. I have plans for a non-profit business, which is currently in the planning stages. My goal is to pick up where my life was cut short and make it a favorable ending with a substantial positive contribution to society, utilizing all of my abilities and skills I have worked hard to acquire.
Duke with his son, Charles IIIGod had a plan for me. I had to go through this ordeal to be the man I am today. I have acquired many trades and skills that will enable me to be a productive member of society. I am now a new improved version of myself. It did not take me two LIFE sentences to achieve this growth. I have been accountable for my actions and am yearn to return to society a productive, morally, ethically, and spiritually intact Man. I humbly pray President Trump will agree that I deserve a second chance in the form of Executive Clemency. I will make him very proud if he chooses to favor me with his mercy.
depends on the weight and not of the boat
Boxing ping
Gotta wonder if this tweet, timestamped 12:12 AM · Mar 25, 2019, got the ball rolling:
“I got to say a prayer and praise God.”
Praise God. A prayer asked and a answered answered. It is a two step process.
He was originally sentenced to life imprisonment, which was converted to a 30-year sentence. He had served 16 years of the sentence
Life imprisonment for selling 50 grams of cocaine?
And BLM/ANTIFA terrorists are currently getting away scott free with arson, looting, assaults and even murders and intimidation?
Kudos to President Trump for showing mercy.
sentenced because of joe biden’s crime bill..............................
Ditto
BINGO!
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