COULD AN INNOCENCE PROJECT HAVE FRAMED AN INNOCENT MAN?
*NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE YESHIVA UNIVERSITY INNOCENCE PROJECT IN NEW YORK CITY.
THIS FILM PROVES THE MOST DRAMATIC WRONGFUL CONVICTION REVERSAL IN U.S. HISTORY WAS A FRAUD.
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The 1999 release of Anthony Porter, once 48 hours from his scheduled execution, was a story that stunned the nation. Porter had already filled out the menu for his last meal and was measured for his coffin, when a determined group of journalism students took advantage of a temporary stay in the case to re-investigate it themselves. A few short months later the students and their professor, together with a private investigator, built a case against a new suspect, eventually gaining Porter's release.
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