A former death row inmate whose wrongful conviction was the spark that helped
end the death penalty in Illinois is headed back to prison for stealing
deodorant from a Chicago pharmacy.
Anthony Porter pleaded guilty Tuesday to retail
theft and Judge Diane Cannon sentenced him to a year in prison.
Porter, who was charged in September 2011, was given credit for 60 days
served in Cook County Jail and will be under supervision for one year when
released.
Porter served nearly 17 years in prison for the 1982 murder of
a Chicago couple. He was released in 1999 after a Northwestern University
journalism professor and his students obtained a statement from another man who
said he committed the killings.
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