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Electric_Delta

What an intriguing turn of events. I hope this doesn't turn into a media circus.

Blah

Electric_Delta wrote:

What an intriguing turn of events. I hope this doesn't turn into a media circus.

ya right. it's been a media circus the second hbo filmed the documentaries. the media circus is what is gonna end up being what saves these guys. eddie vedder would of never heard about it nor us.

Electric_Delta

megan l wrote:

Electric_Delta wrote:

What an intriguing turn of events. I hope this doesn't turn into a media circus.

ya right. it's been a media circus the second hbo filmed the documentaries. the media circus is what is gonna end up being what saves these guys. eddie vedder would of never heard about it nor us.

You make a good point. I guess I get tired of the general over-sensationalism which the media tends to delight in.

Cases like this deserve a certain sensitivity and respect.

Lizard

Nice....a good step forward.

acutejam

meme wrote:

Good reading for the skeptics:

http://showtime.arkansasonline.com/e2/n ... _Order.pdf

Not that I'm a skeptic, but THAT is a pretty good smackdown! I esp. liked this part!

...the State fails to provide any example of when DNA evidence could be dispositive of the identity of the killers and states in a footnote to its brief that it "believes that the forum the statute provides may well never yield relief due to confidence that the Arkansas criminal-justice system does not convict the innocent." We decline the invitation to interpret the statutes in this way because it would render them meaningless. ... This court will not interpret a statute to yield an absurd result.

tremors

acutejam wrote:

meme wrote:

Good reading for the skeptics:

http://showtime.arkansasonline.com/e2/n ... _Order.pdf

Not that I'm a skeptic, but THAT is a pretty good smackdown! I esp. liked this part!

...the State fails to provide any example of when DNA evidence could be dispositive of the identity of the killers and states in a footnote to its brief that it "believes that the forum the statute provides may well never yield relief due to confidence that the Arkansas criminal-justice system does not convict the innocent." We decline the invitation to interpret the statutes in this way because it would render them meaningless. ... This court will not interpret a statute to yield an absurd result.

Was interesting, that part about whether the DNA evidence could ever yield a positive proof of innocence. Not sure I understood it completely, but were they broadly pointing out that the WM3 are in a kind of 'catch 22' if they have to 'prove their innocence' using DNA evidence? Sounds pretty critical for the terms of the hearing.... wish I understood it better!

gecko

Interesting interview with Lorri Davis and Arkansas Take Action guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBdwdNW5p4M

tremors

gecko wrote:

Interesting interview with Lorri Davis and Arkansas Take Action guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBdwdNW5p4M

Thanks for that gecko - a lot to take in and digest!

Chazz

Found this in another thread, thought i'd post it in this sticky and the one on AMT

Blah wrote:

Very interesting stuff!



John Douglas has crawled inside the minds of some of the nation's most notorious murderers, but he says the West Memphis Three aren't among them.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... artner=RSS





Here's his report:
http://media.commercialappeal.com/media ... rofile.pdf

Blah

Chazz wrote:

Found this in another thread, thought i'd post it in this sticky and the one on AMT

Blah wrote:

Very interesting stuff!



John Douglas has crawled inside the minds of some of the nation's most notorious murderers, but he says the West Memphis Three aren't among them.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... artner=RSS





Here's his report:
http://media.commercialappeal.com/media ... rofile.pdf

I meant to post that in this thread but was falling asleep and mistakenly started a new thread. Oops

PureandEasy

That behavioral stuff fascinates me.

gecko

PureandEasy wrote:

That behavioral stuff fascinates me.

Me too, but I wish this time that I didn't open the link, it's just so brutal. Poor little boys.

tremors

Any news on the next stages in the process? Hearing, dates, format etc.....

Big Green Country

A good article with a new interview with Damien. Gives some info on the next steps as well.

http://www.katv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13522694

meme

I've now spent three working days reading up on this case. The most mindboggling thing of it all is that Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley were considered the weird ones.

Fathers sticking fingers up their kids' butt, sexual and physical abuse, shooting of relatives, heroine, coke, meth addictions... wow.

Not taking a stance on guilt necessarily, it just seems odd that in such an environment you are weird because you dress in black and listen to Metallica.

gecko

FOX13
FULL INTERVIEW: Damien Echols:
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/112310-full-interview%3A-fox13-talks-with-damien-echols
Plus two more interviews: 'Life on Death Row' and 'WM3’s New Hearing', linked under the video.

Slap upside the head

It's just so fucking mind blowing as to how innocent these 3 guys are and yet they are
still incarcerated.
Makes my stomach turn.

ComeToTX

gecko wrote:

FOX13
FULL INTERVIEW: Damien Echols:
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/112310-full-interview%3A-fox13-talks-with-damien-echols
Plus two more interviews: 'Life on Death Row' and 'WM3’s New Hearing', linked under the video.

Thanks for posting. I can't believe I've been following this since I was a teen and they're still locked up.

EvilClosetMonkey

thanks once again to Wishlist Foundation organizers Melissa, Mindi, Tara, volunteers and donors for raising $2783.00 for Arkansas Take Action to benefit WM3!!!!!!!

Lorri wanted to let everyone know it couldn't come at a better time!

http://freewestmemphis3.org/