Which Way, L.A.?
Pratt Is Out
Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt is free on bail, after 27 years in prison for a crime he always claimed he didn't commit. Supporters hailed the judge's decision, but the case renews questions about the effectiveness of our judicial system. Why did Pratt's appeal take so long to be approved? Why shouldn't the case be dropped altogether now? What has, and hasn't, changed over the last quarter century?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readStuart Hanlon: Attorney representing Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt. Mike Rushford: President, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation. Greg Goldin: LA Weekly contributing writer. Has written on the Pratt case. Judge George Dell: Retired LA Superior Court judge. Served 20 years as presiding Judge of the Criminal division, LA County courts. Jarette Fellows: Managing Editor, LA Watts Times Michael Zinzun: Chair, Coalition against Police Abuse. Former Black Panthers member. Lisa Kalustian: Press Secretary James Kirkpatrick Davis: Author of Assault on the Left: The FBI and the Sixties Antiwar Movement, just published this month.
