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

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

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
Manufacturer Amika Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-06-08
Format Kindle eBook

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