CHICAGO (CBS/AP) — Anthony Porter, who spent more than 15 years on death row before his exoneration helped bring an end to the death penalty in Illinois, has died at age 66. The Cook County Medical ...

The death row inmate left the Cook County Jail on Feb. 5, 1999, a free man for the first time in roughly 16 years after narrowly escaping execution by lethal injection. Anthony Porter had already been ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Anthony Porter, who spent more than 15 years on death row before his exoneration helped bring an end to the death penalty in Illinois, died at the age of 66. His case opened the door ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois death row ...

A former death row inmate—whose exoneration led to the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois—has died at 66. Anthony Porter died this week, his former attorney Jim Montgomery told WBBM Radio.

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