West Memphis Three

Guilty But Innocent

Carol Turowski | Posted 04.17.2012

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Does our justice system need to accept the harsh reality that wrongful convictions happen all too frequently and that exchanges of Alford pleas for prison release do nothing to serve the ends of justice but rather re-affirm the distrust many have about the fairness of the criminal justice system?

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Capital Politics and Herzog's Into the Abyss

Jason Bailey | Posted 04.10.2012

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We, as a civilized society, are either going to kill people in the state's name, or we're not. It's literally life or death. It's one or the other. You're either in or you're out.

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Q&A with Joe Berlinger, Director of West Memphis Three Documentary (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 03.18.2012

"One of the great ironies of this three-film, two-decade mission is that we thought we were making a film about bad children, the inside story of why kids kill."

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One Of The West Memphis Three Talks Life In Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 01.13.2012

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On May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boy scouts -- Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers -- were found dead. One month later, three teena...

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Inside Latest 'Paradise Lost' Installment

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 01.12.2012

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After serving more than 18 years in prison for the murders of three boys in West Memphis, Ark., Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr....

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A Look At 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory'

Posted 01.12.2012

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When "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" premiered on HBO in 1996, it documented the Arkansas judicial system's corrupt handling of...

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Reese Witherspoon To Star In West Memphis Three Drama

Posted 12.16.2011

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Reese Witherspoon is getting in touch with her southern roots. The star is eying the lead in Atom Egoyan's ("Chloe") West Memphis Three drama "Dev...

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'West Memphis 3' Parents Request That 'Paradise Lost 3' Be Excluded From Oscar Race

AP | Posted 01.30.2012

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JONESBORO, Ark. — The parents of one of three West Memphis, Ark., boys found dead 18 years ago are asking that a documentary about the killings ...

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Director Peter Jackson Says He'll Exonerate One Of The West Memphis 3

AP | NICK PERRY | Posted 12.28.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Director Peter Jackson said Friday that he was working with a high-profile former American death row inmate in hopes o...

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The West Memphis 3 Memoir Will Be Published Next Year

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 12.13.2011

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Roger Friedman reports that Damien Echols -- one of the men known as the West Memphis Three for his wrongful arrest in West Memphis, Arkansas -- has s...

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New HBO Documentary Explores Controversial Murder Case

The Moviefone Blog | Alex Suskind (Subscribe to Alex Suskind's Posts) | Posted 12.10.2011

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How do you integrate yourself back into society after 18 years in prison? How do you cope when the ordinary activities most of us take for granted -- ...

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"I Am Guilty, But Innocent": Does This Make Any Sense?

Joel Cohen | Posted 10.25.2011

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On August 19, three convicted murderers in West Memphis, Arkansas, had their convictions, under which they had served 18 years, thrown out -- only to plead guilty to murder, be sentenced to time served and be released from jail, all the while telling the judge and the rest of the world that they were innocent.

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The West Memphis Three: Damien Echols, Capital Punishment, And Christian Hypocrisy

David J. Dunn, PhD | Posted 10.24.2011

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Capital punishment is incompatible with the Christian faith for a number of biblical and theological reasons.

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West Memphis Three Released -- But Not Pardoned

AP | By ANDREW DeMILLO and JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 10.24.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The man with the power to grant pardons in Arkansas said Tuesday he doesn't plan to issue them in the "West Memphis Three" case u...

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Thank God for Liberal Hollywood

James Peron | Posted 10.20.2011

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When Hollywood rallies to the defense of innocent people, and secures justice for them, this is contemporary liberalism at its best.

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West Memphis Three Feature Film In The Works

Posted 10.20.2011

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The documentary "Paradise Lost 3" will not be the only on-screen word about the case of the West Memphis Three. The case, which in 1994 saw three t...

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'West Memphis Three' Free After Serving 17 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 10.19.2011

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After serving 17 years behind bars for the brutal murder of three children in eastern Arkansas, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. and Jason Baldwin...

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Men Controversially Convicted Of Killing Boy Scouts Might Be Released

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 10.19.2011

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UPDATE: After serving 17 years behind bars for the brutal murder of three children in eastern Arkansas, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. and Jason...

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Johnny Depp's '48 Hours' Plea For West Mephis Three (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Johnny Depp will appear on this Saturday's "48 Hours Mystery" as he makes a plea for a new trial for the West Memphis Three, three teenagers accused o...

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Why Young People Falsely Confess to Police

Steve Drizin | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've seen police lie to children in all manner of ways, telling one child that his dead sister's blood was found in his bedroom and a different boy that his father had awakened from a coma and told police the boy was his assailant.

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West Memphis Three Member to Produce 'Devil's Knot'

Posted 05.14.2012

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Last December, things began to take shape for "Devil's Knot," the West Memphis Three biopic, when Reese Witherspoon was cast as Pam Hobbs, the mother ...

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