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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in the state has died, his attorney announced Wednesday. Attorney Jim Montgomery told ...

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PORTER, ANTHONY ROBERT DAVID -Anthony Robert David Porter of Lakewood. Funeral Services, 11am Friday at Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church, 13922 W. Utah Ave. Services will conclude at the church.

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in Illinois has died. Attorney Jim Montgomery says Anthony Porter died this week at age ...