Jul 16, 2022
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
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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
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