Gary Tyler

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Gary Tyler (born July 19, 1958), from St. Rose, Louisiana, is an African-American man who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the October 7, 1974, shooting death of a white 13-year-old boy and the wounding of another at Destrehan High School in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. At the time, he was the youngest person on death row. Many observers believed that Tyler was wrongfully convicted, especially after several key witnesses recanted their testimony. Tyler's cause was taken up again in 2007 by human rights organizations and a variety of public figures after his case was highlighted by columnist Bob Herbert in The New York Times. In 2016, after serving 41 years in prison, Tyler pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and was resentenced to the maximum term for that crime of 21 years; since he had already served nearly twice that, he was released.

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