Tuesday, June 07, 2011

BillingsleyBabbles: African Diaspora Warriors Pass Away

BillingsleyBabbles: African Diaspora Warriors Pass Away

African Diaspora Warriors Pass Away

Superior Court Judge Everett Dickey granted him a new trial in June 1997, saying the credibility of prosecution witness Julius Butler who testified that Pratt had confessed to him could have been undermined if the jury had known of his relationship with law enforcement. He was freed later that month.

Cochran, best known representing such clients as O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, called the day Pratt's freedom was secured "the happiest day of my life practicing law."