Andrew Kokoraleis was scheduled to be executed on March 17, 1999.
Last-ditch efforts were made on his behalf with then-Illinois Governor
George Ryan, and Supreme Court Justice Moses Harrison was persuaded to
order a stay of execution, as well as calling for a moratorium on all
executions in Illinois.  Anthony Porter In fact, thanks to a series of crusading articles in the Chicago Tribune about
injustices in the legal system, twelve people had recently been
exonerated |