Paradise Lost - The West Memphis 3

In case you haven’t seen or herd of this story it’s for sure worth looking at. The West Memphis Three are three men who were tried and convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas.Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., Jason Baldwin were the names of the 3 boys arrested and charged in the crime.

During the trial, the prosecution asserted that the children were killed as part of a Satanic ritual.A number of documentaries have been based on the case, and celebrities and musicians have held fund raisers in the belief that they are innocent.In July 2007, new forensic evidence was presented in the case and a status report jointly issued by the state and the defense team, on October 29, 2007, the defense filed a Second Amended Writ of Habeas Corpus, outlining the new evidence.Following a successful decision in 2010 by the Arkansas Supreme Court regarding newly produced DNA evidence, the West Memphis Three were released with ten-year suspended sentences, having served 18 years and 78 days in prison.Wheather or not you think they are guilty or innocent the fact is the killers are out there somewhere. You can view the documentaries here….

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-EQMFHuo0YkrCbM7WnTsSLEDZjURhxwB

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