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The West Memphis Three are three men convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin to life imprisonment.
Apr 19, 2024 · CNN — Nearly 30 years after three boys were found dead, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled new DNA testing of evidence from the crime scene can proceed, overturning a circuit court which had...
The West Memphis Three case is still playing out in the courts more than 30 years after the murders. with new technology to see if there's DNA of the killer on ligatures used to kill the boys ...
Jun 7, 2023 · Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley — known as the West Memphis Three — have been trying to clear their names for 30 years. In 1993, Mr. Misskelley, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Echols (16, 17, and 18, respectively, at the time) were arrested for the murders of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Apr 26, 2023 · What’s known is that three 8-year-old boys — Steve "Stevie" Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore — were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were arrested and convicted for the crimes, despite a majority of the evidence being circumstantial.
Damien Wayne Echols (born Michael Wayne Hutchison; December 11, 1974) is an American writer and convicted murderer. He is best known as one of the West Memphis Three, a group of teenagers convicted of a triple murder; the verdicts were upheld on multiple appeals.
May 29, 2024 · West Memphis Three, three American men who in 1994, while teenagers, were found guilty of murdering three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, allegedly as part of devil worship.
Jun 24, 2022 · The story of the “West Memphis Three,” whose decades-long murder case was the source for a noted documentary trilogy, returned to court Thursday, with a judge denying one of the men access to...
Apr 18, 2024 · In a 4-3 decision, the court reversed the 2022 ruling denying the request to test evidence from the 1993 crime scene where three 8-year-old boys were found brutally slain in a drainage ditch near West Memphis.
The West Memphis Three have been wrongfully convicted for crimes they did not commit. But, crucial new evidence of their innocence has been uncovered including crime scene DNA that absolves the three young men and points to others.
