ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\nSeconds after walking out of Cook County jail into the frigid cold, Porter was met with a warm hug by a loved one before being rushed away by his lawyer. His fight for freedom, he says, is still not over.<\/p>\n
“It’s the best feeling ever, but I’m still not free. I have an ankle bracelet on. I still have an ankle bracelet on. They still don’t believe in my freedom, so I have to prove it. My lawyer’s right here. I need to go,” Porter said.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old was in prison since 2003, convicted in a deadly 2002 shooting of a man during a dice game. Porter has always maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n
Porter filed a motion in 2023 to have his murder conviction tossed out, in part, due to a Chicago police officer’s testimony during his trial.<\/p>\n
A judge, last week, vacated Porter’s murder conviction and ordered a new trial, finding the officer’s history of alleged misconduct “undermines the confidence of the earlier verdict rendered in Mr. Porter’s original trial.”<\/p>\n
In a statement to ABC7, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office says it is “carefully evaluating the court’s ruling, along with the facts and circumstances of this case.”<\/p>\n
Porter’s mother, Rosemary Cade, spoke after her son’s bond hearing on Monday.<\/p>\n
“We have to keep fighting. They keep putting our loved ones in prison for something they did not even do, and that’s wrong!” she said.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Porter’s attorney says he believes prosecutors do not have the evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that his client committed the murder.<\/p>\n
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