Posted on 11/17/2005 9:49:23 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
The Anthony Porter case dominated local news here for weeks, and its effect was felt in early 2003, when departing Governor George Ryan emptied Illinois' death row.
Yesterday, a jury in Chicago ruled against Porter, stating the City of Chicago did not act in a malicious matter when they investigated the double murder Porter was convicted of in 1982.
Six years ago, two days before Porter was to be executed for that crime, a Northwestern journalism professor, David Protess, and some of his students located a Milwaukee man who confessed to the murders.
That man has since recanted.
Hmmm...
What gives? The media told us endlessly that Anthony Porter was framed. I can't count the times I saw that video clip that showed Northwestern's David Protess jumping into Porter's arms. Now he can't even get a jury to back him.
Must be more to this story....
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