Anthony Porter: Did A Guilty Man Lead To The Abolishment Of The Death Penalty In Illinois?
As reported in our blog posts below, new evidence has surfaced implicating Anthony Porter, once again, for two murders that took place in Chicago in 1982. Earlier this year, Steve Mills from the Chicago Tribune wrote an article noting how Porter's release from prison had a major impact on then Governor George Ryan abolishing the death penalty in Illinois. The article quoted Ryan's deposition in from another case (Oscar Walden v. City of Chicago) where Ryan testified that he was watching Porter's release from prison on television with his wife "and I turned to my wife, and I said, how the hell does that happen? How does an innocent man sit on death row for 15 years and gets no relief? And that piqued my interest, Anthony Porter." Hmm. . . wondering how things would have played out if Governor Ryan would have known all the facts, including the recent eyewitness testimony from Raymond Brown?
