Free the West Memphis Three
In 1993, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin were arrested and convicted for the murder of three eight-year-old boys. Echols was sentenced to death by lethal injection, while the other two received life sentences. A group of sympathizers emerged after a 1996 documentary entitled Paradise Lost claimed that mistakes had been made in the investigation and prosecution of the trial.
Fast Facts
- Damien Echols - Sentenced to Death
- Jessie Misskelley - Sentenced to Life in Prison
- Jason Baldwin - Sentenced to Life in Prison
- All 3 of the convicted men are still alive
- Damien Echols is on Death Row
- Second film released in 2000 entitled Revelations: Paradise Lost Revisited
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam supports the cause
Robin Hood Hills Murders
On May 6, 1993, the mutilated bodies of Steve Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers were found at a drainage ditch in the woods of Robin Hood Hills, Arkansas. The brutal nature of th crime led some to believe that the boys had been subjected to a ritualistic killing.1 Some supporters of the Free the West Memphis Three movement believe that Damian Nichols unjustly labeled a suspect because he practiced Wicca.1
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