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Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2000, page 8
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 …
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Discrimination,
Political Prisoners,
Informants,
Damages,
Settlements,
Wrongful Conviction.
Location:
California.
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