Anyone Know About the Case of 3 Boys... (West Memphis Three)

ETA: i found out it was West Memphis Three

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any names? location? I have a lawyer friend I could call...maybe he'd know.

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oh gosh, dont go through the trouble, but thanks!

no! im such a dork. i didnt ask her... i just asked about the story. shes gonna tell me more tomorrow...

its not that big of a deal . i will go regaurdless b/c i dont believe in the death penalty... but i figured i would get alittle background tonoght b/c tomorrow i have to work.
oh well!

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ok i think its the West Memphis Three

im gonna read about this now.

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Yeah, I think you're right - HBO actaully did a documentary about htem a while ago. They were from a small town and all were Goth kids, right? If not, I might be thinking of something else.

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It sounds like west Memphis Three
That documentary was sooo good! Rent it

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yeah i think youre right. i think it was called 'Paradise Lost'

i found this:

Shortly after three eight-year-old boys were found mutilated and murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, local newspapers stated the killers had been caught. The police assured the public that the three teenagers in custody were definitely responsible for these horrible crimes. Evidence?

The same police officers coerced an error-filled “confession” from Jessie Misskelley Jr., who is mentally handicapped. They subjected him to 12 hours of questioning without counsel or parental consent, audio-taping only two fragments totaling 46 minutes. Jessie recanted it that evening, but it was too late— Misskelley, Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols were all arrested on June 3, 1993, and convicted of murder in early 1994.

Although there was no physical evidence, murder weapon, motive, or connection to the victims, the prosecution pathetically resorted to presenting black hair and clothing, heavy metal t-shirts, and Stephen King novels as proof that the boys were sacrificed in a satanic cult ritual. Unfathomably, Echols was sentenced to death, Baldwin received life without parole, and Misskelley got life plus 40.

For over 11 years, The West Memphis Three have been imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit. Echols waits in solitary confinement for the lethal injection our tax dollars will pay for. They were all condemned by their poverty, incompetent defense, satanic panic and a rush to judgment.

But there’s still hope for them, and you can help.



im definatly gonna go to the discussion tonight. it shuld be interestting.

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Is this an open discussion

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yes. its tonight at 6:30pm

at
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036


Dennis Riordan, Mr. Echols’ present counsel, will discuss new developments in the case, the constitutional issues, the procedural hurdles to obtaining a new trial in federal habeas corpus proceedings, and the DNA testing that may help establish Mr. Echols’ innocence.

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should be interesting.

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I remembered being so angry as I watched this documentary when it aired. It was frightening to see how these kids were treated and wrongly convicted of crimes they did not commit, when the whole blaming factor was so obviously focused on the town's prejudices towards the '***** worshippers' as they were called. Why? Because they wore black clothes and didn't look like the other kids?!? This whole case made me sick when I heard about it, and to this day, I still can't understand how this could happen... What a great opportunity you have to attend this discussion, let me know how it turns out!

whaaaat?? S a t a n is blocked?!?

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yeah, i do not knoe too much about it, so i am sure tonight will inform me alot.

its also very sad that the true murderer(s) are free

not to mention with all this that one is STILL on death row?!?!?!?

lol dev!l and sat@n are blocked~

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I saw that documentary -- Paradise Lost -- a few years ago. I remember that it was very disturbing. The case against the alleged perpetrators was full of holes, and one murdered boy's father (stepfather?) was a very shady character.

The filmmakers also made a follow-up documentary called Paradise Lost: Revelations.

Should be an interesting talk...

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hm, ill have to rent that.