Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2000 published in Verdict1 September, 2000, page 8

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Informants, Damages, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction. Location: California.

On April 26, 2000, the city of Los Angeles, California and the federal government agreed to pay former political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (formerly known as Elmer Pratt) $4.5 million to settle a wrongful imprisonment suit he had filed. Ji Jaga is a former member of the Black Panther Party ...

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