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Lyons seeks reduced state prison sentence THE ASSOCIATFn PBFSS . CLEARWATER, Fla. - Attorneys for the Rev. Henry Lyons, former president of the National Baptist Convention USA, have asked for a reduced state prison sentence. In a petition filed Thursday, Lyons' attorneys said the minister is "truly repentant" and would not repeat the racketeering and grand theft crimes for which he received a 51/2-year sentence. ? "If there was a lesson to be learned, he has iearned it," the petition said. Lyons, 57, was convicted in state court Feb. 27 of swindling $4 million from businesses eager to reach members of one of the nation's largest black church groups. Lyons also was convicted of stealing neatly $250,000 donated by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to rebuild burned black church es in the South. v ' v He then was sentenced in June by a federal judge to 41/4 years after pleading guilty to tax evasion and fraud. Since the federal and state sen tences run concurrently, the federal penalty didn't add any time to Lyons' ctav hphinH Circuit Judge Susan Schaeffer is scheduled to hear the request Aug. 18 to reduce his state sentence to match the federal term. State prosecutor Bill Loughery, who led the case against Lyons, declined comment on the petition. - Federal prosecutors have said they will seek to have (lis federal' sen tence increased. Lyons is serving his sentence with murderers and rapists and has learned the value of his freedom, said defense attorney lawyer Denis de Vlaming. He was taken from protective custody and required to undergo "bodt camp training" with inmates who have records for violent crime, the lawyer added. National Day Of Protest to be held Plans are under way for the fourth National Day of Protest to Stop Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, spon sored by the national office of the October 22nd Coalition. The event is set for Oct. 22 in New York City. A diverse group of more than 75 rep resentatives from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Cleveland, Greenville and Houston recently met in Detroit to plan the agenda, which will include concerts, rallies and workshops. In addition, the coalition is involved in the Stolen Lives Project, which has so far documented more than 2,000 cases of people who have been shot, beaten or pepper-sprayed by members of law enforcement since 1990. The research is ongoing ahd results will be published in a book due out this summer. Call (212) 477-8062. Black promoters support NAACP The Rev. Joseph Lowery, spokesperson for the Black Promoters Asso ciation and founder emeritus of the Southern Christian LeadershipCon i ' ' " " : , See Briefs on A11 Residents, city react to grisly murder i ?.< ? \ By STEPHEN F. HOLQER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EMORY, Texas - The slaying of a black man believed to have been tied to a tree and burned has shaken both those who knew him and those he'd never met in this Rains County town of K000. H.W. Walkers death is especial ly disturbing because a white teen ager is being held as a suspect, and some think the killing was racially motivated. "I can't see how someone that age could do something like that to 4n older person. I was always brought up to respect my elders," said Lexia Alexander, cashier at an Emory drugstore. "Even if this is not a hate crime, killing someone and just leaving them there to rot like that is terri ble." V . It's not yet clear whether the crime can be labeled a hate crime. But the county about 50 miles east of Dallas has become the focus of an extensive federal investigation. NAACP officials approached U.S. Attorney Mike Bradford with the results of their own investigation and the prosecutor agreed there was sufficient information to pursue the matter. The Dallas County medical examiner's office said today that an autopsy on Walker was not yet complete. Emory residents would like nothing more than for the attention to end. "I'm real sorry this took place in our county," said Allen Stuart, the local justice of the peace. "We've never had this kind of bad publicity before." ^ ?? But publicity is just what some are seeking. The victim's sister, Daisy Walker Robinson, says she and her family have had little coop eration from local law enforcement in their attempts to get information on what happened. "We're here today because we need answers and we want justice," she said at a news conference Thurs day. "No human being is supposed to be burned and chained the way he was." 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