Geronimo Pratt

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Geronimo Pratt was a prominent Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam War veteran who became a symbol of wrongful conviction and political repression in the United States after his controversial murder conviction was overturned.

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Geronimo Pratt canonical 1
Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Vietnam War veteran
human
political activist
wrongfully convicted person
alsoKnownAs Geronimo ji Jaga
Geronimo ji-Jaga
linked to: Geronimo ji Jaga

Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt
linked to: Geronimo Pratt
associatedWith Federal Bureau of Investigation COINTELPRO program
birthName Elmer Pratt
burialPlace Louisiana, United States
linked to: Louisiana
causeOfDeath heart attack
charge murder of Caroline Olsen
conflict Vietnam War
convictedBy Los Angeles County court
convictionStatus overturned
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1947-09-13
dateOfConviction 1972
dateOfDeath 2011-06-02
dateOfExoneration 1997
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
givenName Elmer
influenced civil rights lawyers
prison reform activists
informantInCase Julius Butler
legalCase People v. Pratt
memberOf Black Panther Party
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank Sergeant
movedTo Tanzania
notableFor being a symbol of wrongful conviction in the United States
leadership in the Black Panther Party
overturned murder conviction
notableWork campaign against wrongful convictions
placeOfArrest Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfBirth Morgan City, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Tanzania
placeOfDetention Folsom State Prison
San Quentin State Prison
politicalIdeology Black nationalism
revolutionary socialism
positionHeld Deputy Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party
reasonForOverturningConviction prosecutorial misconduct
unreliable informant testimony
withholding exculpatory evidence
receivedSettlementAmount $2,750,000
$4,500,000
receivedSettlementFrom City of Los Angeles
linked to: Los Angeles

Los Angeles County
sentence life imprisonment
spentTimeInPrison approximately 27 years
spouse Ashaki
subjectOf COINTELPRO operations against the Black Panther Party
FBI surveillance
documentaries about COINTELPRO and the Black Panther Party
numerous articles on wrongful conviction
wasAwarded Bronze Star
linked to: Bronze Star Medal

Purple Heart
Silver Star

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Black Panther Party hasMember Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Pratt alsoKnownAs Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt
linked to: Geronimo Pratt