Elmer Pratt

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	27
Year Crime:	1968
Year Convicted:	1970
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Elmer Pratt was framed by the perjured testimony of an FBI and LAPD informant for the murder of a woman in LA that occurred when he was in Oakland - 370 miles away. His release in June 1997 by Orange County Superior Court Judge Everett Dickey culminated four years of work by Centurion Ministries to overturn Mr. Pratt's conviction.
Conviction Caused By:	Police frame-up and the perjured testimony of a police informant.
Innocence Proved By:	Proof the key witness was an FBI and LAPD informant. CA Superior Court judge reversed Pratt's conviction in 1997.
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
Compensation Awarded:	"$2.75 mil. (City of Los Angeles, Approved 6-10-2000)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	48
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""Pratt Strides into Freedom," Edward Boyer (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1997."
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Elmer Pratt

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

27

Year Crime:

1968

Year Convicted:

1970

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police frame-up and the perjured testimony of a police informant.

Innocence Proved By:

Proof the key witness was an FBI and LAPD informant. CA Superior Court judge reversed Pratt's conviction in 1997.

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

"$2.75 mil. (City of Los Angeles, Approved 6-10-2000)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

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http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

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""Pratt Strides into Freedom," Edward Boyer (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1997."

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