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- 1 2 "Charles Walker gets early release from federal probation". The Augusta Chronicle . November 1, 2016.
- ↑ Susan McCord (December 17, 2013). "Ex-state Sen. Charles Walker being moved from federal prison". augustachronicle.com.
- ↑ "Inmate Locator - Locate Federal inmates from 1982 to present". Federal Bureau of Prisons .
- ↑ James Salzer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "From Georgia power broker to prison; ex-Sen. Charles Walker's comeback". ajc.com.
- ↑ U.S. v. Walker Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (11th Cir. 2007).
- ↑ "Charles Walker Reports to Prison". Wrdw.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia (July 6, 2007). "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, Versus CHARLES W. WALKER, SR., No. 05-16756, D. C. Docket No. 04-00059-CR-001-1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-28.
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