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Northwestern University settles suit with man imprisoned after journalism school probe
CHICAGO — Northwestern University on Friday reached an undisclosed settlement to end a lawsuit by a man who spent more than 15 years in prison for a 1982 double murder — a conviction later vacated by prosecutors — in the aftermath of an investigation conducted by the university’s journalism school.
The Northwestern investigation of Alstory Simon led by professor David Protess, who was a defendant in the suit, played a major role in Simon's initial conviction for the killing of two teens at a Chicago park and also was central to Illinois eventually abolishing the death penalty.
Another man, Anthony Porter, spent 16 years on death row for the double murder of two teens at a Chicago park, before the Northwestern team uncovered evidence pointing to Simon's role and persuaded him to confess to the crime.
In the aftermath of the Northwestern