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,Jul 09, 2021
Anthony Porter, Exoneree Whose Case Spurred Abolition of Death Penalty in Illinois, Has Died
Anthony Porter, an Illinois death-row exoneree whose case sparked a chain of events that ultimately led the state to abolish the death penalty, has died. He was 66 years old. In 1983, Porter was convicted …