In the waning hours of September 21, 1998, it appeared that there was no hope for Anthony Porter. It seemed that all the legal avenues for a reprieve on his death sentence had been exhausted. Granted, his legal counsels throughout his attempts at a new trial or a new ruling on his present case were ill prepared at best. This, however, did not seem to cut much slack with the Illinois Supreme Court or the United States …showed first 75 words of 2004 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2004 total…pertaining to capital punishment depicts a picture of unfortunate misguidance that can only be corrected by public outcry. As the author F. J. Litardo wrote: “The death penalty provides human sacrifice for a sick society. The death penalty is the cry of politicians who buy votes with fear. The death penalty has no place in a civilized world. The death penalty has no place in the United States of America. The death penalty must go.”