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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After confessing to two killings, can Alstory Simon get out by blaming his lawyer?
The legal saga of Alstory Simon may now hinge on whether his attorney was too cozy with the enemy.
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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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Tribune overlooks a courtroom bromance
Chicago Tribune overlooks an important detail in its report on the Lake County jail.
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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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Blabbers to the Fore!
Despite what editorial pages plead, people don’t like to snitch.