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  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    byrnzie is pretty knowledgeable on the WM3.

    such a shame he's not posting anymore. at least he educates people.
  • mrpink90
    mrpink90 Posts: 415
    Just recently have been reading all about this case in the last couple days, i gotta say im leaning towards thinking theyre guilty. And the no physical evidence is not true, they found fibers on the victims clothes that matched fibers found in echols and baldwins home. But the lack of physical evidence is definitely alarming.

    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
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    mrpink90 wrote:
    Just recently have been reading all about this case in the last couple days, i gotta say im leaning towards thinking theyre guilty. And the no physical evidence is not true, they found fibers on the victims clothes that matched fibers found in echols and baldwins home. But the lack of physical evidence is definitely alarming.

    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
    The problem is that, at least on this continent, you are innocent until proven guilty - not the other way around.
    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...
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  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    I just started re-reading Devil's Knot, the book by Mara Leveritt about the case and I haven't gotten to the confession part, but I remember that his confession is totally wrong at first with the times - like he says they took the boys into the woods at 9 in the morning. It was really late afternoon. He also said they were tied up with rope. And they were tied up with shoelaces. And I guess they have it on tape or the tape is "missing" and hours later in the confession he changes his story about the time and the rope...

    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.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    mrpink90 wrote:
    Just recently have been reading all about this case in the last couple days, i gotta say im leaning towards thinking theyre guilty. And the no physical evidence is not true, they found fibers on the victims clothes that matched fibers found in echols and baldwins home. But the lack of physical evidence is definitely alarming.

    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
    do you really believe a confession from a mentally challenged person. i don't find it hard to believe the police baited a mentally challenged into confession. it is the backwaters of the south afterall.
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  • dasvidana
    dasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,356
    Jessie apparently has the mental capacity of a 5 year old child (according to the HBO documentary) so could have easily been coerced into saying anything to get the police off his back.
    It's nice to be nice to the nice.
  • OnTheEdge
    OnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    Signed, and also attached link to my facebook asking my friends to get involved also.
  • WildChildRose
    WildChildRose Posts: 568
    Thanks for signing and reading up on the case! Definitely educate yourself before you sign it. :)

    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
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me.."
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    metsfan wrote:
    do you really believe a confession from a mentally challenged person. i don't find it hard to believe the police baited a mentally challenged into confession. it is the backwaters of the south afterall.

    Yeah, 'cause police coercion NEVER happens in any other part of the country! :roll:
  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    facepollution wrote:
    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.

    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.

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