Judge reduces sentence for former Gary boxer
GARY, Ind. (AP) – A former boxer from Gary has won a bid to reduce his life sentence on a drug conviction.
A federal judge on Wednesday approved 35-year-old Charles “Duke” Tanner’s request to reduce his life sentence to a 30-year sentence.
Tanner was sentenced in 2009 to life in prison after a federal jury convicted him in 2006 of leading a local gang that trafficked thousands of pounds of crack cocaine and marijuana.
The Port-Tribune reports that Tanner applied for the reduction in December, arguing that new federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine call for a sentence of 30 years. Federal attorneys agreed with him in a notice filed last month.
Tanner has spent about 11 years in prison and could be released by 2030. He’s housed at the Federal Correctional Institute in Greenville, Illinois.
