West Memphis Three

[kevinXcore]

Has anyone else heard of the WM3? It's a tragic case. Three teenagers were found guilty of a murder they didn't commit. They were only accused because they wore black and listened to heavy metal.

www.wm3.org

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 over 14 years, The West Memphis Three have been imprisoned for crimes they didn’t 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 there’s still hope for them, and you can help.

Discuss!

[PhysX]

Thats messed up, but I still say the scottsboro boys case is worse

[kevinXcore]

yeah. but he was black and that was the 1930s. racism was typical. this was the 90s. this kinda **** shouldn't be happening.

[discombobulate]

There's far more to the case than that.

Bojangles, for one, is easily one of the most mysterious/intriguing things about the case. Read up on it for sure though, it's... interesting, although rather sick.