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|  01/20/10 PHILADELPHIA -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a ruling that had set aside the death sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in a racially tinged case that has made the former Black Panther an international cause celebre. READ FULL SOURCE |
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Other news06/03/11 Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a leader of the Black Panther Party in Los Angeles whose 1972 murder conviction was overturned after 27 years in prison, died yesterday.
06/07/11 Former political prisoner and Black Panther Geronimo Pratt died last week aged 63. He is believed to have died of natural causes in Tanzania where he had settled and worked as a human rights activist.
06/20/11 Born in the swamps of Louisiana as Elmer Pratt, he died at the foot of Mount Kilamanjaro as Geronimo ji-Jaga. From decorated Vietnam war veteran to anti- government Black Panther, he was wrongfully imprisoned for as long as Nelson Mandela. Hot themes this week:
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