Donald’s case was taken up by the Medill Innocence Project, which then dropped it after facing problems of its own.
Tag: David Protess
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?
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.
Did Anthony Porter do it? Some background reading
As the Anthony Porter murder case gets a second look, here’s some background reading
The innocence crowd and the guilt crowd argue over David Protess’s old cases
Debating innocence and guilt in Chicago and Paris, Illinois
What really happened in Paris, Illinois?
With a pardon at stake, two wrongful convictions in a double murder case get the reverse spin.
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.
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.
Anthony McKinney dies in prison
Anthony McKinney, whose innocence petition led to David Protess’s ouster from Medill, dies in prison.
The age of innocence is over
Did Willie Donald do it? The Medill Innocence Project no longer cares.
The Medill Innocence Project posts a dissenting view
The Medill Innocence Project finds someone who says the convicted prisoner is actually guilty.
Anita Alvarez sounds off
The Cook County state’s attorney defends her record and blasts the “obsession” of journalists
Quotegate, and the Eric Ferkenhoff mystery
On Medill, David Protess, Mary Nesbitt, and Eric Ferkenhoff
Former Protess student accused of plagiarism
Former Medill Innocence Project student resigns under fire from Politico
John Lavine says he’s stepping down as dean next year
John Lavine announces he’ll leave Medill next year