Lee Berry

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 1 Month 11 Days
Support
Black Liberation Black Panther Party Panther 21
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Biography

Lee Berry was a Vietnam War veteran and Black Panther Party member who was hospitalized at Bronx Veterans Affairs hospital with severe epilepsy when NYPD took him into custody as one of the Panther 21 on April 2, 1969. His case was severed from the others on medical grounds, and the conspiracy charges were ultimately dismissed without his having stood trial.

Case

Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)
Charges: New York state Panther 21 conspiracy counts (April 2, 1969 indictment); charges severed on medical grounds and ultimately dismissed.
Arrested: Apr 1, 1969
Incarcerated: Apr 1, 1969
Released: May 12, 1971
Sentence: Pretrial custody; charges severed and dismissed. Verdict as recorded: No - charges severed (medical) and dismissed without conviction
Convicted: No — charges dismissed
Institution State: New York

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