geronimo ji Jaga (preferred capitalization), also known as Geronimo Pratt, a former Black Panther leader, was wrongfully convicted 24 years ago for the murder of a woman in Santa Monica, California. geronimo has always maintained that he was 400 miles away in Oakland, California, at the time of the killing at a Black Panther meeting, and that he was a victim of the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). Represented by Stuart Hanlon, Johnnie Cochran, Robert Garcia, Julie …showed first 75 words of 887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 887 total…on appeal on July 1, 1998. This is only the third time in the organization's 30 year history that they have filed an amicus brief on behalf of an individual. Centurion Ministries works for the release of prison inmates who are innocent of the crimes for which they have been wrongfully convicted. Since 1992, Centurion Ministries has received 3,981 requests for help from inmates. From these requests they have accepted eleven inmates as clients. geronimo is one of those eleven.