Orange County, CA, Superior Court Judge Everett Dickey has ruled that evidence was suppressed that would have helped Pratt in his 1972 murder trial. Pratt will receive a new trial for his alleged 1968 murder of Caroline Olsen.
Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, the former Black Panther Party member who has spent the last 25 years in jail for a murder near Los Angeles that he has always claimed he did not commit, will finally receive a new trial.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Everett ...