Sent To Prison For 20 Years
On June 17, 1966, in the middle of the night, a triple homicide occurred at a place called Lafayette Bar and Grill. Carter and his friend, John Artis, happened to be at a nearby bar, when they decided to leave and were on the road when police stopped them. Authorities were looking for a car with 3 occupants, and since Carter and Artis were only two, they were let go. But then police would radio that they were looking for a car with the same make as Carter’s, so they stopped them again. This time, they would find weapons inside the car, and despite not taking any fingerprints, they brought them in for questioning. Aside from the fact that eye witnesses had seen two black men running away from the scene, as well as the same car that Carter had been in, nothing else was the same as the evidence they were looking for, including the difference in the brass casings of the bullets which were also not a match to the guns that Carter had in his vehicle. There were even testimonies from people saying that Carter and Artis had been in the other bar during the time of the crime. Despite that, the trial which ensued would find Carter and Artis guilty, and both of them were given life sentences for each victim.
