Donald’s case was taken up by the Medill Innocence Project, which then dropped it after facing problems of its own.
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Did Cook County prosecutors overlook evidence and help send an innocent man to prison?
In 1999, a grand jury heard ample testimony implicating Anthony Porter in a double homicide. A month later, a different grand jury heard a sliver of evidence suggesting that Alstory Simon committed the same crime. So why was Simon indicted?
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Alstory Simon’s release from prison is the latest twist in a complicated legal saga
The second person convicted of a 1982 murder on Chicago’s south side goes free.
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Did Anthony Porter do it? Some background reading
As the Anthony Porter murder case gets a second look, here’s some background reading
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The innocence crowd and the guilt crowd argue over David Protess’s old cases
Debating innocence and guilt in Chicago and Paris, Illinois
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What really happened in Paris, Illinois?
With a pardon at stake, two wrongful convictions in a double murder case get the reverse spin.
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Anita Alvarez wants to take a third look at Anthony Porter
Was Anthony Porter guilty all along? Anita Alvarez says she’ll look into it.
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A Medill student who tried to exonerate him writes about the death of Anthony McKinney
A former Medill student writes about the death of a prisoner he tried to free.
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Anthony McKinney dies in prison
Anthony McKinney, whose innocence petition led to David Protess’s ouster from Medill, dies in prison.
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The age of innocence is over
Did Willie Donald do it? The Medill Innocence Project no longer cares.
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The Medill Innocence Project posts a dissenting view
The Medill Innocence Project finds someone who says the convicted prisoner is actually guilty.
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Anita Alvarez sounds off
The Cook County state’s attorney defends her record and blasts the “obsession” of journalists
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Quotegate, and the Eric Ferkenhoff mystery
On Medill, David Protess, Mary Nesbitt, and Eric Ferkenhoff
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Former Protess student accused of plagiarism
Former Medill Innocence Project student resigns under fire from Politico
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John Lavine says he’s stepping down as dean next year
John Lavine announces he’ll leave Medill next year