By Ryan Haggerty
The Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — A former death row inmate whose release from prison in 1999 provided a crucial spark in the push to abolish Illinois’ death penalty was back behind bars Saturday, accused of stealing deodorant from a South Side store, Cook County prosecutors said.
Anthony Porter, 56, was arrested just before noon Friday after an employee at Walgreens, 6330 S. King Drive, reported seeing him take four Dove deodorants from a shelf, tuck them in his waistband and walk past the cash registers toward the exit, according to court documents. Porter, who lives about five blocks from the store, was charged with felony retail theft.
Porter has had some minor legal troubles — including domestic disturbances — since he was exonerated 13 years ago of murdering a couple in the Washington Park neighborhood in 1982.
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