johnny cochrane was his attorney in that 1972 murder trial. >> they lied and cheated and did everything and stoled his freedom. >> reporter: fbi agent wes swearinger. >> essentially he was framed for murder in order to neutralize him as leader of the black panther party in la. >> reporter: is there any question in your mind that, to use your word, that he was framed? >> none whatsoever. >> reporter: fbi wiretaps lead credence to his claim of innocence. this is a local wiretap on central central in la. two bay area private investigators claim in these recent declarations that back in 1975 they saw fbi wiretap logs that indicate pratt was in oakland the evening of the murder. a female made a telephone call and had a conversation with geronimo. the bloody assault on the tennis court took place just two hours and 20 minutes after that call. and pratt claims to have made several calls from oakland to the panther offices in la during that time. but those fbi wiretap logs are missing. retired fbi agent swearinger. >> i was with the fbi for over 25 years. it was the only time i was never able t

she's going to testify, she has to. >> you said it's almost a johnny cochran moment. there were a couple moments when the glove didn't fit, and he said, if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit. he said he just came up with it. has for been a moment like that so far? >> i don't think so, but jose baez is doing a spectacular job with a case that all of us thought was indefensible going into this trial. so i think we're going to see some really wonderful lawyering in the defense's case in chief. >> sunny, they're asking the jury here to connect a lot of dots. and all these working theories. is that even possible? is it falling apart for them? it appears she keeps contradicting herself. >> exactly. i think the defense is asking the jury to connect a lot of dots. again, in the defense' case in chief, they have to connect the dots. the way they do that is with casey anthony. this is not a slam dunk case for the prosecution. i have said this over and over again. this is a circumstantial case. no one is going to get on the witness stand for the prosecution and say they saw

i started doing research on that, thurgood marshall the late johnny cochran and john o'franklin, vernonordan, spike leigh, our attorney eric holder, federal judges, ministers, every -- doctors. and it just amazed me how many people had encounters with racial profiling and most of them did nothing because do you know what they want? they don't want a million dollars a they didn't want a satisfaction of a lawsuit. they simply wanted an apology. and i say that to say maybe you can use these stories to remind other people there's not hopelessness but people who find themselves victimized by racial profiling can then tell the story and get all the people to respond to it. >> thank you very much for your time. >> booktv has over 100,000 twitter followers. be a part of the excitement. follow booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and talk directly with authors during our live programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> hi. i'm susan collins, senator from maine. i've always been an avid reader. i usuall