Hi there,

In this chaotic news cycle it may be tempting to tune out, but we hope you won’t—only an informed and engaged public can defend democracy. In these times of deep political polarization we need news that goes beyond play-by-play headlines, news that goes to the heart of each story by asking people to tell their own stories of abuses of power and injustice in their own words. If our journalism is important to you, please donate today. Every dollar makes a difference. Thank you so much.

Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman

Non-commercial news needs your support.

We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. If you visit us daily or weekly or even just once a month, now is a great time to make your monthly contribution.

Please do your part today.

Donate
Independent Global News

Los Angeles Judge throws out conviction of Jeronimo Pratt 27 years after his jailing.

StoryJune 02, 1997
Listen to Full Show
Listen
Media Options
Listen
Related

Amy is joined by Julian Drous, an attorney for Pratt. Judge Everett Dickey has found that the prosecutions key witness in 1972, Julius Butler, was a convicted criminal and was working as an informant for the police. There will have to be a retrial or the case will be thrown away and Pratt will go free.

GUEST:

- Julian Drous–attorney for Jeronimo Pratt

Related Story

StoryMay 15, 2025“Trump’s Fake Refugees”: As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges “Genocide”
Guests
  • Cindy Sheehan
    Co-founder of Gold Star Families For Peace. Her son, Casey, was killed in Baghdad on April 4, 2004.
  • Dan Gerstein
    Democratic strategist and political commentator. He is a regular columnist at the website Politico.
  • Ray McGovern
    Twenty-seven-year career analyst with the CIA. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. He has been calling for President Bush and Vice President Cheney to be impeached and visited Congressman Conyers earlier this week to urge him to support impeachment.
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.
Daily News Digest
Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! to your inbox each morning.
Work with Democracy Now!

Join the Democracy Now! team

We're hiring a Director of Audience and a Director of Technology!

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top