i saw the 2 documentaries last year, and PuffyAmiYumi (me) posted a thread about it...but its dead.

so, Damien Echols and his friends Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelly have been arrested for killing 3 children in Robin Hood Hills.
but, most of the evidence was the fact that they wore black and listened to music like Metallica. Jesses confession was due to the cop making himfeel bad FOR 3 HOURS then forcing him to say it. most of the things he didnt know, and was told by the cop.

after the bodies were found, a african american went into the nearby Bojangles resteraunt, bleeding, covered in mud, dazed and confused.



in the end, the jury found them guilty, putting Echols to death and the other 2 for life.



Echols still awaits his fate, but has written his autobiography, names Almost Home.


Free the West Memphis Three.

I think that the step father killed those boys.

I actually own the book..written on that specific event.....it's called blood of innocense.....and what happened to those 3 poor boys......is horrifying...and it also talks about all of the interrogations.....

Do you think that the West Memphis 3 are guilty?

Just curious since you've read the book.

HBO did a couple of shows about this, I have only seen the first one. The one who confessed was slightly mentaly challanged.

I guess the second HBO program made a case against the step father but it sounds flimsy at best. Although he did seem some what fascinated by "sleuth foot".

The West Memphis 3 are straight out of GUMMO

Yeah but IRL the ones that didn't confess are fairly articulate.

I dunno, I just think the step dad did it after everything I've read and after the program I've seen about it.

Hey Ethyl, I don't remember much about the case specifically...seen "Paradise lost" ages ago... I checked on the net for latest info on this case, but find tons of contradicting information. So, out of a hunch your'e thinking it's Mark Byers, Christopher's step dad??

What strikes me is there are three boys- & boys at this age will fight tooth and nail to get free if caught in a trap.. they knew and truly trusted thier offender...whether the offender trapped them one at a time or all at once... he knew them well enough to do this. Also, going by some of the info off the net, the type of crime this was, injury to the body/ies especially (hint: Byers boy) was extensive, and showed even a personal rage. The profile of these murders don't add up to Echols, or other two that are convicted of this crime. Whoever ever done this was older male, more experienced, control freak, a lot of sexual suppression/ guilt.. I could go on....

So, this guy Damien Echols, is he still on death row for this crime, or has anything changed regarding this case?? anyone know?

The court believe that three "satanic" teenagers mutilated and killed the children. A lot of people believe that the police arrested the three based on how they dressed, and the 'satanic' music and books they were involved with...and to provide the town with comfort. I read up a lot on the a couple years ago, and I still don't know what to think.


http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murd...is/index_1.html


http://www.wm3.org/splash.php

Define, "a lot of people."
My brother was living in Memphis, Tennessee --- across the Mississippi River --- when this crime occurred. It was major news for years.
I visited him often and when I spoke to folks in that area, not ONE believed the three were innocent.
All the evidence pointed to them.
"A lot" people I spoke with felt they should have come up on the short end of a rope.
HBO Films --- a leading propagandist --- did a special on the three and chose to ignore a number of facts in its documentary. The residents of both Tennessee and Arkansas were outraged at the obvious bias of the HBO documentary, that portrayed the three as simply misunderstood.
It was in HBO's interest to slant its documentary. Reaching a conclusion that the three were, indeed, guilty wouldn't have made much of an impression.
From speaking with residents --- educated professionals with college degrees, by the way --- I've reached the conclusion that the three were guilty.
I also believe they should be executed for their heinous crimes.

edited >Sorry! I didn't realize that there was already another thread on this.

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I do too, how anyone could not think that is beyond me.

ahhh, I remember when this was on HBO. After watching it, I didn't buy what was being said. I went ahead and did my own nerdy research and came to conclusion that IMO, they were guilty.

It further enraged me to find out certain bands were supporting them. Here is a vid.

I still ♥ Michale Graves.

omfg. the evidence is CLEARLY one-sided. Mark Byers did the lot. did you notice his own son had his bits cut off? non of the others? and used to think distortedpandy was cool

if youve watched 1 + 2 you should KNOW theyre innocent. Mark Byers gave the filming crew a knife with his sons blood on. he said he cut himself, but thats a retards excuse.

anyone who thinks theyre guilty needs a reality check imho.

I watched the documentries. You can't simply go by a documentry.It was pitched to be they were innocent.

um, ok.

I'm allowed to have an opinion on the situation and I fully agree with eric.

Sooo when somebody doesn't agree with you, you lose respect for them? That makes you one sad, pathetic little person.

Reading about what shape the boys were left in & and how they were killed says the assailent(S) were experienced, and older & with a history of sex crimes/ or dysfunctions.
Where is the DNA connecting the three outcasts to these murders?

When you say "all the evidence pointed to them" could you please give a prime example?

And of course the people in that area didn't think they were innocent, they had all been convinced by the media and Arkansas State Police that the kids were a bunch of murdering satanist.