anyone on here heard of them. the hbo movie paradise lost was about them. basically about 15 years ago three children were murdered in west memphis, ar. they were three younger children, and three teenagers at the time were charged with the crime.
when questioning them one young man, mentally handicapped was questioned for hours about the crime, and a confession was produced from this. then in the trial of the other two people the jury foreman admittedly read the confession in the paper and was allowed to remain and used his knowledge of the confession in the conviction..,
several people have rallied behind the boys, now men, one of the most involved being henry rollins. he payed for the dna testing of the evidence in which wasnt available at the time, and the evidence contains zero dna of the thre accused.
there were several mis-steps in the handling of this case, probably in the light of the horrendous tragedy that took place, the prosecuter judge and police wanted a quick end. which is fine but as time goes along the more clear it seems to become the accused were railroaded.
i dont know it all but i been following this here and there since i first seen paradise lost some years ago.
recently its gained even more momentum with the help of celebrity johnny depp helping to bring it to the front again. which is why i made this thread. its been popping up the last few days, and figured id see what the board had to say.
i tried to search this out to see if theres an older thread but couldnt find any so i figured id make a new one.
heres a wiki link
West Memphis 3 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
heres another site
Free The West Memphis Three
when questioning them one young man, mentally handicapped was questioned for hours about the crime, and a confession was produced from this. then in the trial of the other two people the jury foreman admittedly read the confession in the paper and was allowed to remain and used his knowledge of the confession in the conviction..,
several people have rallied behind the boys, now men, one of the most involved being henry rollins. he payed for the dna testing of the evidence in which wasnt available at the time, and the evidence contains zero dna of the thre accused.
there were several mis-steps in the handling of this case, probably in the light of the horrendous tragedy that took place, the prosecuter judge and police wanted a quick end. which is fine but as time goes along the more clear it seems to become the accused were railroaded.
i dont know it all but i been following this here and there since i first seen paradise lost some years ago.
recently its gained even more momentum with the help of celebrity johnny depp helping to bring it to the front again. which is why i made this thread. its been popping up the last few days, and figured id see what the board had to say.
i tried to search this out to see if theres an older thread but couldnt find any so i figured id make a new one.
heres a wiki link
West Memphis 3 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
heres another site
Free The West Memphis Three
