Oprah helps murderer apologise
03/02/2007 08:27  - (SA)  

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Detroit - A 21-year-old freed from custody for a murder he committed at the age of 11 has apologised to the victim's family, with help from talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

Hours before a planned taping of Winfrey's show on Wednesday, Nathaniel Abraham met in her private office with the family of Ronnie Greene Jr, 18, whom Abraham shot with a rifle in 1997.

Abraham's lawyer, Daniel Bagdade, watched the exchange and said Winfrey "kind of mediated the apology".

"It was very riveting. Nate's story was not on camera today. We ended up doing the apology in Oprah's office. It was incredible. It was absolutely incredible," Bagdade told The Detroit News.

Winfrey's Harpo Production Co said Bagdade revoked Abraham's consent to appear on Winfrey's show.

Abraham was 13 when convicted of second-degree murder. He finished serving his juvenile sentence on January 18.

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