Porter speaks of future plans at Northwestern U.

University Wire | February 17, 1999| | Copyright

Rasmi Simhan
University Wire
02-17-1999
(Daily Northwestern) (U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. -- They bought his coffin, took measurements for his burial suit and told him to plan his last meal.

After 17 years in prison, Anthony Porter would be executed in 48 hours for a Chicago double murder he didn't commit. But investigations led by Medill Prof. David Protess and six students exposed the wrongful conviction of Porter, who was released from prison Feb. 5.

But the struggles to rebuild his family and fight the death penalty have just begun, Porter told about 50 Medill students and journalists at Fisk ...

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