West Memphis Three
WildChildRose
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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.
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'll ride the wave where it takes me.."
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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]
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.
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.
Well then they won't have any probleming reopening the case and actually proving it will they?
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!
such a shame he's not posting anymore. at least he educates people.
I just cant get past misskelley's confessions. I really find it hard to believe the police could get this kid to admit to being involved in these murders if he had nothing to do with it. This kid was far from a genius but he wasnt a retard. There were definitely some inconsistentsies in his confessions (like the murders taking place at noon when they really took place in the evening), but there was also things he knew that only people who were at the crime scene could have known, unless you believe the police were telling him word for word what to say, which again i have a very hard time believing. He says he was drinking from a bottle of whiskey that he threw away in the woods leaving the crime, and the police found the bottle exactly where he said he threw it out. S.hit like that wouldnt add up if he wasnt mostly telling the truth.
And he was still confessing to the murders NINE MONTHS after they took place, that just doesnt make any sense to me. Did any of the 3 have alibis that hold up? Im far from an expert on this case but I dont think so, theres nobody that can say "echols was with me, or at so and so's place, when the murders took place", etc.
THese are links to misskelley's first confession in june, 1 month after the murders, then the other one in feb '94, 9 months later.
http://callahan.8k.com/wm3/audio.html
and like I said there were discrepencies between the actual recorded confession and the entire interrogation... why would they interrogate for 12 hours but only have on record his confession? Not saying you don't make very valid points, but it seems that also if the police weren't hiding something, then the paperwork and transcripts should add up as well...
Read the book. There's another book too that's supposed to be less biased, but I read that one too and still had doubts.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
I have to say I think without a doubt, they are innocent. I've read a lot into the case and the new DNA evidence points to the stepfather. There is no physical evidence from these 3 men (boys at the time) that links them to the murders. Justice has not been served.
On Sept.30th oral arguments will be given for the release of Damien.
This is from the FB invite:
The hearing will be streamed live at this link:
http://arkansas-sc.granicus.com/ViewPub ... ?view_id=2
Oral arguments are held in the courtroom of the Arkansas Supreme Court, which is located in the Justice Building, 625 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Oral arguments are included as part of the court's proceedings, which are scheduled to begin at 9:00am on the date indicated. These proceedings are open to the general public.
Oral Arguments - Explained. Click the link below
http://www.wm3blackboard.com/forum/inde ... 004.0.html
I encourage you to read letters from Damien too. He is quite intelligent and his letters are really interesting.
http://www.freewestmemphis3.org/index.p ... 632a4e7aab
Yeah, 'cause police coercion NEVER happens in any other part of the country! :roll:
true that. just saw something also on wikipedia about an African-American hair being found in the sheet that one of the boys was wrapped up in. the man at Bojangles was African-American, and the restaurant was only about a mile, with a direct path from the crime scene.
The more info like this gets spread around, the more those police and detectives credibility and reputations are on the line. The case has been so controversial, but if these botched up investigation facts went more public, I would think that these men of authority involved would eventually be forced back into the spotlight whether they like it or not. It looks as though a retrial may cause that to happen first. But it amazes me how the police and detectives involved still think they are untouchable and don't owe an apology or any further involvement with the case.