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This is my page about the West Memphis Three. I took a thing off the site..so I'll put it in here. And I'm starting a
fund for them..so everyone should give me money to put in it. :-D And everyone should visit www.wm3.org and know the truth.
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 nearly
11 years, The West Memphis Three have been imprisoned for crimes they didnt 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 theres still hope for them, and you can help.
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