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Anthony Porter, ex-death row inmate whose case was ‘Exhibit A’ in prompting Illinois to halt executions, dies at 66

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Death row inmate Anthony Porter is interviewed by the media in the library of the Cook County Department of Corrections Division IX in Chicago before his release in February 1999. Porter was reacting to the fact that a Milwaukee laborer, Alstory Simon, made a videotaped statement implicating himself in the 1982 murders of two teenagers. (Heather Stone / Chicago Tribune)

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