West Memphis Three

WildChildRose

I was on the West Memphis Three site earlier this week and was surprised that there are not that many signatures on the petition. Thought I'd send out a link so people can sign. These guys really need a break. I can't understand how they're still in prison with the DNA evidence.

http://freewestmemphis3.org/

http://freewestmemphis3.org/index.php?o ... &Itemid=91

Also check out the letters from Damien. He writes so well and they are really interesting.

Happy Friday.

pickupyourwill

I really need to read about this case. I will sign the petition first, however, because I trust Pearl Jam's opinion on it.

pickupyourwill

just signed it.

fuck

pickupyourwill wrote:

I really need to read about this case. I will sign the petition first, however, because I trust Pearl Jam's opinion on it.

haha you're gonna get a lot of hate on here for "not comin up with your opinion" but fuck em!

thanks for posting this, I signed it as well. our justice system is a thing of beauty, isn't it?

pickupyourwill

_outlaw wrote:

pickupyourwill wrote:

I really need to read about this case. I will sign the petition first, however, because I trust Pearl Jam's opinion on it.

haha you're gonna get a lot of hate on here for "not comin up with your opinion" but fuck em!

thanks for posting this, I signed it as well. our justice system is a thing of beauty, isn't it?

that's right! fuck em!

Its not just PJ's opinion I trust btw. A very educated friend of mine read up on it back when the whole case first came out, and I trust her opinion as well. But I should read up on it. just too lazy at the moment. and too damn busy in general! oh, trust me dude. I will eventually get all the facts and dissect the entire story.

facepollution

Signed. Absolutely horrifying case, how these people can sleep at night knowing that there is no credible evidence is beyond me. More to the point, the real killer(s) is still out there.

whygohome

WildChildRose wrote:

I was on the West Memphis Three site earlier this week and was surprised that there are not that many signatures on the petition. Thought I'd send out a link so people can sign. These guys really need a break. I can't understand how they're still in prison with the DNA evidence.

http://freewestmemphis3.org/

http://freewestmemphis3.org/index.php?o ... &Itemid=91

Also check out the letters from Damien. He writes so well and they are really interesting.

Happy Friday.

I don't know enough about the case, therefore no signature form me (hard to say no to the OP, hehe). Also, I don't want to be like many members of society and make a choice/statement without being knowledgeable. I'll read up on it though.

facepollution

whygohome wrote:

WildChildRose wrote:

I was on the West Memphis Three site earlier this week and was surprised that there are not that many signatures on the petition. Thought I'd send out a link so people can sign. These guys really need a break. I can't understand how they're still in prison with the DNA evidence.

http://freewestmemphis3.org/

http://freewestmemphis3.org/index.php?o ... &Itemid=91

Also check out the letters from Damien. He writes so well and they are really interesting.

Happy Friday.

I don't know enough about the case, therefore no signature form me (hard to say no to the OP, hehe). Also, I don't want to be like many members of society and make a choice/statement without being knowledgeable. I'll read up on it though.

Definitely read up on it. To be honest it's not even an ambiguous thing where you're more inclined to believe one way or another - there genuinely isn't any hard evidence at all.

haffajappa

facepollution wrote:

whygohome wrote:

WildChildRose wrote:

I was on the West Memphis Three site earlier this week and was surprised that there are not that many signatures on the petition. Thought I'd send out a link so people can sign. These guys really need a break. I can't understand how they're still in prison with the DNA evidence.

http://freewestmemphis3.org/

http://freewestmemphis3.org/index.php?o ... &Itemid=91

Also check out the letters from Damien. He writes so well and they are really interesting.

Happy Friday.

I don't know enough about the case, therefore no signature form me (hard to say no to the OP, hehe). Also, I don't want to be like many members of society and make a choice/statement without being knowledgeable. I'll read up on it though.

Definitely read up on it. To be honest it's not even an ambiguous thing where you're more inclined to believe one way or another - there genuinely isn't any hard evidence at all.

not only that but didn't the local police completely botch the crime scene before federal investigators came?

matabele

What is the official line why they have not been released? Is there an official line?

facepollution

haffajappa wrote:

not only that but didn't the local police completely botch the crime scene before federal investigators came?

Oh yeah, evidence went missing too, they also failed to respond in time to a call from a fast food resataurant the day the boys were found, where a man had walked into the women's toilets covered in blood. They took scrapings of the blood found in the toilets, but lost it! It was really poorly investigated, and yet still they won't admit that the case needs to be re-opened. More than the injustice of three innocent men being locked up, it's an absolute insult to the three boys who died.

cincybearcat

_outlaw wrote:

pickupyourwill wrote:

I really need to read about this case. I will sign the petition first, however, because I trust Pearl Jam's opinion on it.

haha you're gonna get a lot of hate on here for "not comin up with your opinion" but fuck em!

thanks for posting this, I signed it as well. our justice system is a thing of beauty, isn't it?

Well, you really deserve crap if you sign a petition without knowing anything about it. You would be one of the people giving the crap if it was a different petition, and you would be right.

That said, he/she later says that a friend knows about it and he/she trusts his/her judgment, that seems far more reasonable than trusting anyone you don't know...like Pearl Jam.

JonnyPistachio

i'll check out that petition as well.
I think I heard recently that their appeals were shot down, so they're running out od time I guess.
Hopefully this thing in Arkansas that Eddie is attneding will get some more attention for these cases:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=139053

GL88154

Didn't the one guy confess twice? Once with and once without his attorney? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read that.

tinkerbell

Signed.

JonnyPistachio

GL88154 wrote:

Didn't the one guy confess twice? Once with and once without his attorney? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read that.

That was a rather questionable confession from what i understand. Apparently the kid (Jesse Miskelley, about 16 yrs old/IQ - 72, i think) was questioned by the cops for hours without his parents or attorney and he denied involvement constantly until he was run down. I don't know if he confessed again or not though. His confession contained deatils that were inaccurate to the actual crime (like time tables). There was otherwise literally zero evidence linking any of the three boys that were convicted to the scene.

GL88154

JonnyPistachio wrote:

GL88154 wrote:

Didn't the one guy confess twice? Once with and once without his attorney? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read that.

That was a rather questionable confession from what i understand. Apparently the kid (Jesse Miskelley, about 16 yrs old/IQ - 72, i think) was questioned by the cops for hours without his parents or attorney and he denied involvement constantly until he was run down. I don't know if he confessed again or not though. His confession contained deatils that were inaccurate to the actual crime (like time tables). There was otherwise literally zero evidence linking any of the three boys that were convicted to the scene.

Here is what is says in Wikipedia....which is not authoritative, but what I read.

Shortly after Misskelley's original confession, police arrested Echols and his close friend Baldwin. Eight months after his original confession, on February 17, 1994, Misskelley made another statement to police with his lawyer Dan Stidham in the room continually advising Misskelley not to say anything. Misskelley ignored this advice continually and went on to detail how Damien and Jason abused and murdered the boys, while he watched until he decided to leave. Misskelley's attorney, Dan Stidham, who was later elected to a municipal judgeship, has written a detailed critique of what he asserts are major police errors and misconceptions during their investigation.[21]

whygohome

What if they're guilty?

JonnyPistachio

GL88154 wrote:

Here is what is says in Wikipedia....which is not authoritative, but what I read.

Shortly after Misskelley's original confession, police arrested Echols and his close friend Baldwin. Eight months after his original confession, on February 17, 1994, Misskelley made another statement to police with his lawyer Dan Stidham in the room continually advising Misskelley not to say anything. Misskelley ignored this advice continually and went on to detail how Damien and Jason abused and murdered the boys, while he watched until he decided to leave. Misskelley's attorney, Dan Stidham, who was later elected to a municipal judgeship, has written a detailed critique of what he asserts are major police errors and misconceptions during their investigation.[21]

Oh, I didnt know about that second one. Either way, the first one was a shady confession and didnt add up.
Other than that, there isnt really any evidence against the three who were convicted. In fact, there was so little evidence at the spot where the bodies were found that there are a lot of theories that they were killed elsewhere. I find it difficult to believe that these three teenagers cold cover this up that well.

whygohome wrote:

What if they're guilty?

There is always that possibility. But the issue at stake is whether or not the evidence against them was sufficient. It wasnt, and this whole thing just stinks of a crappy, failed justice system.

facepollution

whygohome wrote:

What if they're guilty?

Well then they won't have any probleming reopening the case and actually proving it will they?

haffajappa

JonnyPistachio wrote:

GL88154 wrote:

Didn't the one guy confess twice? Once with and once without his attorney? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read that.

That was a rather questionable confession from what i understand. Apparently the kid (Jesse Miskelley, about 16 yrs old/IQ - 72, i think) was questioned by the cops for hours without his parents or attorney and he denied involvement constantly until he was run down. I don't know if he confessed again or not though. His confession contained deatils that were inaccurate to the actual crime (like time tables). There was otherwise literally zero evidence linking any of the three boys that were convicted to the scene.

Also, if i remember correctly from a couple documentaries, they only have the confession on tape, not the rest of the interview - which was quite a few hours i think... That's a bit suspicious!

I'm pretty sure that today if this trial had happened - as in, not reopened but if they had been accused recently and tried recently, it wouldn't have been the same outcome...

Whether or not they're guilty, that investigation was fucked up!