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‘How does an innocent man sit on Death Row for fifteen years?’ A Murder in the Park, news, CI 2017
In 1983 Anthony Porter was sentenced to death for the murders of teenagers Jerry Hillard and Marilyn Green at the Washington Park swimming pool on Chicago’s south side. ibid.
Allegation of police brutality and coerced confessions were now commonplace. ibid.
‘There was one problem: Anthony Porter killing those two people – it was one big lie.’ ibid. attorney
‘There were six witnesses implicating Anthony Porter.’ ibid.
Another man, Anthony Porter, spent 16 years on death row for the double murder of two teens at a Chicago park, before the Northwestern team uncovered evidence pointing to Simon’s role and persuaded him to confess to the crime.
In the aftermath of the Northwestern investigation, Porter was exonerated for the killings and the governor at the time, George Ryan, was so unnerved by the case that he placed a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois. USA Today online article