Royal/t cafe hosted a friday night screening of the independent film honest man, which chronicles the life and political career of pennsylvania state treasurer r. Dwyer was scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on , the day after his suicide. Nine news cameras recorded the events. A few witnesses who stood in the. In december 1986, pennsylvania state treasurer robert budd dwyer was convicted of accepting a $300,000 kickback in exchange for awarding a $4. 6 million contract to computer technology.
A number of pennsylvania television stations showed edited footage of the press conference and r. Budd dwyers suicide (although, contrary to many urban legends, dwyers press conference. Robert budd dwyer was a politician and state official who served on the pennsylvania state senate from 1971 to 1981. From 1981 until his passing on ,. Robert dwyer jr was driving home from a class at penn state university when he heard on the radio that his politician father had been shot at a televised press conference.
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