Career
He was first elected in 1990. In 1996, he became Georgia"s first African-American Senate Majority Leader. Walker is a Democrat and is from Augusta, Georgia.
Walker owned 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 started a newspaper called The Augusta Focus that served Augusta"s black community.
lieutenant often expressed opposing viewpoints to Augusta"s only daily newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle. Convicted in 2005 by a federal court in Augusta on charges including tax evasion, mail fraud and conspiracy (127 counts, in all), Walker is currently serving a ten-year sentence at a Federal Correctional Institution in Estill, South Carolina.
His projected release date is September 26, 2022.
An appeal of his convictions was rejected on July 6, 2007. Walker filed a petition for habeas corpus in March 2009. The federal judge who presided over his trial recused himself from presiding over Walker"s petition in May 2009.
