Biography
Lenell Geter was a Black engineer from Greenville, Texas, wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 1982 and sentenced to life. The April 13, 1984 Militant describes an all-white jury, alibi testimony from coworkers placing him fifty miles away, contradictory eyewitness accounts and no physical evidence. Coworkers and the NAACP organized support. The report states that he spent fourteen months imprisoned before release pending retrial. Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade dropped all charges on March 21, 1984 after another suspect was identified.
Lenell Geter was a Black engineer from Greenville, Texas, wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 1982 and sentenced to life. The April 13, 1984 Militant describes an all-white jury, alibi testimony from coworkers placing him fifty miles away, contradictory eyewitness accounts and no physical evidence. Coworkers and the NAACP organized support. The report states that he spent fourteen months imprisoned before release pending retrial. Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade dropped all charges on March 21, 1984 after another suspect was identified. Life sentence originally imposed. Fourteen months actually imprisoned before release pending retrial. The March 21, 1984 dismissal is not the physical release date.
