Of all the celebrities Johnnie Cochran has defended in court-and the historic financial settlements he has won for the non-celebrities that have changed the way police interact with Blacks-he's said the case closest to his heart was the one of Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a former Black Panther leader and Vietnam veteran wrongly jailed for a murder he did not commit.
Cochran defended Pratt, who was charged with murdering a schoolteacher and wounding her husband on a public tennis ...