West Memphis Three
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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 12 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.
Please visit
www.wm3.org
for more information.
