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Man whose case helped end death penalty in Illinois dies | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan s News Source

July 07, 2021 - 8:24 PM CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in the state has died, his attorney announced Wednesday. Attorney Jim Montgomery told WBBM Radio that Anthony Porter, 66, died this week. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Porter died from “anoxic brain injury, probable opioid toxicity,” and ruled the death an accident. WBBM Radio Porter was exonerated in 1999 and released from prison after another man confessed to the Aug. 15, 1982 fatal shooting of two people as they sat in a park on Chicago’s South Side. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office re-examined Simon’s conviction in 2013 after he recanted his confession. Simon alleged he was coerced into making it by a private investigator, working with the journalism students, who he says promised him he would get an early release and a share of the profits from book and mo

Anthony Porter, Whose Case Fueled Illinois Abolition of Death Penalty, Dies at 66

Anthony Porter, Whose Case Fueled Illinois Abolition of Death Penalty, Dies at 66
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