S03E11 - Anthony Porter

In episode eleven, season three of the American Justice Podcast, Scott and C. Derick tackle the controversial murder of Marilyn Green and Jerry Hillard, two teenage lovers shot dead in an Illinois public pool in 1982. They discuss how two men, Anthony Porter and Alstory Simon, separately served time in prison for the murders and try to unravel the bizarre case full of deception and injustice tangled in a web of information.   00:50  Introduction 09:38  The Gruesome Murder of Marilyn Green and her fiance, Jerry Hillard 13:03  Key Witness William Taylor is Interrogated For 17 Hours 16:02  Marilyn's Mother Points to Alstory Simon as a Potential Suspect 17:08  Police Interview Alstory and His Partner Inez Jackson 18:20  Alstory and Inez Skip Town 19:45  Anthony Takes Himself to the Police and Defends His Innocence 21:08  Anthony is Arrested and Charged with Murder 25:44  Anthony’s Family Hires a Lawyer Who Doesn’t Do Much to Win the Case 27:31  The Jury Finds Anthony Guilty and the Judge Sentences Him to Death 27:57  How Anthony Was Reprieved 48 Hours Before His Execution 30:50  Professor David Protessof Takes Up Anthony’s Case 32:09  Key Witness William Taylor Recants His Testimony 33:03  Inez Jackson Claims Alstory is the True Killer 35:10  Anthony is Set Free After 17 Years In Prison 38:10  The Illinois Court of Claims Awards Anthony $145,875 39:35  Alstory Pleads Guilty to the Killing and is Sentenced to 37 Years In Prison 42:10  Alstory’s Lawyers File a Post-Conviction Petition 44:40  Alstory is Freed After 15 Years In Prison 48:15  Alstory Files a Suit Against the North Western University and is Awarded an Undisclosed Settlement 48:48  Anthony Porter Passes Away at Age 66 49:35  The Death Penalty is Abolished in The State of Illinois 51:22  Parting Thoughts   Resources: Watch A Murder in the Park on Amazon #Amurderinthepark #wrongful #convictions #criminaljusticesystem #criminaljusticereforms #demandjustice #doublemurdercase #murdermystery #murder #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #police #unsolved #truecrimeobsessed #truecrimefan #unsolvedmysteries Links and Videos   Reopening the Anthony Porter Case A Murder in the Park Official Trailer (2015) - Anthony Porter Documentary HD https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3544&fbclid=IwAR2n59rcqWRuU1hJLo6tzPTgVqlghDTReLSMS-SRnO2ZQbekPwYBlpKVstI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Porter https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/7/8/22568299/anthony-porter-illinois-death-penalty-dies https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/cases/porter https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3168808/ https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/cases/porter/posttrial https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4541 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/AmericanJusticePodcast Where to Listen: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-justice-podcast/id1442874178 Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-justice/s1e1-brandon-woodruff-case-overview Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5y7UVzvchLxJYbrceVTbvX Online - www.AmericanJusticePodcast.com If you would like to get in touch with us, you can do so in any of the following ways: https://www.facebook.com/americanjusticepodcast https://www.instagram.com/americanjusticepodcast/ https://www.twitter.com/ajusticepodcast https://www.americanjusticepodcast.com Voicemail: (972) 942-0444 Email: info@americanjusticepodcast.com You can reach the hosts here - Scott Poggensee Email - Scott@AtuAProductions.com www.facebook.com/scott.poggensee www.twitter.com/moonscare1 C. Derick Miller www.cderickmiller.com https://www.facebook.com/howlgrowlsnarl https://twitter.com/howlgrowlsnarl https://www.instagram.com/howlgrowlsn/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylWekMVEiop3uAPi1MAQ_w https://howlgrowlsnarl.podbean.com/