Jeronimo Pratt News Today

It. Decorated war hero and black panther leader pratt on being incourse rated while his children grew up. Ive been through pain. All ahead on a second look. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. Tonight wrongful convictions how men who were accused tried and convicted of a crime did time behind bars in many cases for many years. According to a 2012uc berkeley study since january 1989, 214 californians have been exonerated or had their convictions overturned or dismissed. Th...

panther party back in the 60s and convicted of murdering a woman in 1968. he always maintained his innocence saying he was actually in oakland at the time. supporters said he had been framed by the fbi and the la police. in 1997, a judge vacated pratts conviction and the district attorney decided not to re-try him. now, all of this came after a long public campaign to free him. in 1994, reporter chris harris took a look at the evidence that pratt had been unjustly imprisoned. his given...