Justice Perverted: How The Innocence Project at Northwestern

Justice Perverted: How The Innocence Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism Sent an Innocent Man to Prison

Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune: â€œShould be on the reading list of every journalism school and law school in this country.â€

In 1983, Anthony Porter was convicted of the brutal double murder of Marilyn Green and Jerry Hillard. While sitting in the bleachers near Chicagoâ€™s Washington Park swimming pool, the victims were shot multiple times at point-blank range. Porter was sentenced to death.

In 1998, within fifty hours of Porterâ€™s scheduled execution, the Illinois Supreme Court granted a stay, pending a hearing on Porterâ€™s mental competency. At this point, journalism professor David Protess and his Northwestern University Innocence Project students took up Porterâ€™s cause. Soon, Porter was released from prison, and Alstory Simon, then a Milwaukee resident, was convicted of the Washington Park homicides.

But thatâ€™s not the end of the story. Nor is it all of the story. Simon himself has now been exonerated and is suing Northwestern University, David Protess, and two other individuals for more than $40 million in punitive damages. This is the true story of how and why Alstory Simon replaced Anthony Porter in prison.
Country USA
Brand Amika Press
Manufacturer Amika Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781937484361
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Amika Press
Manufacturer	Amika Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781937484361
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Justice Perverted: How The Innocence Project at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism Sent an Innocent Man to Prison

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