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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 pratt s 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 name is elmer gerard pratt, inmate number b13019 in the california prison system serving life plus three years for murder. born and raised in morgan city, louisiana, but the world knows him as geronimo pratt. he went to vietnam with the 82nd airborne and came home a hero with a chest full of medal including the bronze and purple heart. he enrolled at ucla in a program for gifted black students. and. revolution is now. reporter: became deputy defense minister of the southern california chap