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The West Memphis Three are three men who while teenagers were tried and convicted, in 1994, of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life imprisonment.
May 6, 2023 · The West Memphis Three and 30 years fighting to prove their innocence. 30 years ago, Christopher, Michael, and Steve were found dead. Police pinpointed three teens as the killers and thus began a ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · Damien Echols, one of the “West Memphis Three” teenagers convicted of the triple murder in 1994, initially petitioned for further DNA testing and was denied in 2022, based on the grounds he ...
Apr 29, 2024 · On April 18, 2024, the Arkansas Supreme Court decided 4-3 to reverse a 2022 lower court decision and allow genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the 1993 killing of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis. The three men convicted in 1994 for the killings were released in 2011 after taking an Alford plea, in which they maintained their ...
May 5, 1993 · On May 5, 1993, according to both Stewart and Guy, Terry Hobbs, David Jacoby, and two teenagers from a local trailer park, L. G. Hollingsworth and Buddy Lucas, showed up at his West Memphis home looking to buy some pot, which Stewart provided. While Stewart sold the two boys the pot, he noticed Hobbs and Jacoby kissing in a pick-up truck across ...
On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys - Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers - were brutally murdered in a West Memphis creek. Hosted by investigative podcaster Bob Ruff, a former fire chief and creator of the Truth and Justice podcast, this in-depth special revisits the infamous West Memphis Three case. On May 5, 1993, three 8 ...
Today, the West Memphis Three are free after enduring nearly two decades of hell behind bars. But the case still lingers in the public consciousness, new developments continue to arise, and there are many questions that remain unanswered about the murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, on May 5, 1993.
