One of my favorite TV channels is the CI (Crime Investigation) Channel. It has a lot of interesting documentaries on it. Two of the documentaries I saw was about the West Memphis Three made by HBO. The documentaries are called: ‘Paradise Lost: The child murders at Robin Hood Hills’ and ‘Paradise Lost: Revelations’. I have to say it shocked me and I would like to share some information about the case with you. This is justice going horribly wrong!

The info below is reposted from the official West Memphis Three website.

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 14 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.

For the latest news on the West Memphis three you can go here. After years of appeals and legal wrangling attorneys and prosecutors have agreed to DNA testing of 180 items. After two years of waiting the DNA results are being completed. They say the results are significant, but are kept quiet at the moment. Hopefully the results will lead to a new trail for the West Memphis three.

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