Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Dorian Harewood
• Dabney Coleman
• Hoyt Axton
• Debbi Morgan
• Victor Love
• Paul Winfield

Storyline
Dorian Harewood stars as real-life Texas engineer Lenell Geter, who in 1982 was accused of armed robbery. Beyond the fact that both he and the suspect are African-American, Geter looks nothing at all like the actual robber; still, he is identified as the culprit in a police lineup. Despite the testimony of six character witnesses, all of whom were with Geter at the time of the robbery, he is sentenced to life imprisonment. He very likely would have remained in prison had not the CBS investigative series 60 Minutes told Geter's story to millions of viewers.