![]() ![]() ![]() Ten years later, all three remain in prison. They sentenced Damien Echols, the accused ringleader, to death. Jurors sentenced Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley to life in prison. ![]() Despite stunning investigative blunders, a confession riddled with errors, and an absence of physical evidence linking any of the accused to the crime, the teenagers were tried and convicted. Then suddenly detectives charged three teenagers-alleged members of a satanic cult-with the killings. Now, award-winning journalist Mara Leveritt provides the most comprehensive look yet into this endlessly shocking case.įor weeks in 1993, after the murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas, seemed stymied. But after two HBO documentaries called attention to the witch-hunt atmosphere at the trials, artists and other supporters raised concerns about the accompanying lack of evidence. The guilty verdicts handed out to three Arkansas teens in a horrific capital murder case were popular in their home state-even upheld on appeal. “Free the West Memphis Three!”-maybe you’ve heard the phrase, but do you know why their story is so alarming? Do you know the facts? ![]()
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