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3 days ago · 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 ...
Jun 24, 2022 · CNN — The story of the “West Memphis Three,” whose decades-long murder case was the source for a noted documentary trilogy, returned to court Thursday, with a judge denying one of the men...
Apr 19, 2024 · CNN — Nearly 30 years after three boys were found dead, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled new DNA testing of evidence from the crime scene can proceed, overturning a circuit court which had...
Apr 18, 2024 · The West Memphis Three are Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., who—as teenagers—were convicted in 1994 of triple murder in West Memphis (Crittenden County). Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley were accused of killing three eight-year-old boys: Chris Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore. Their trial, which included ...
Apr 18, 2024 · By ANDREW DEMILLO. Updated 10:27 AM PDT, April 18, 2024. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago.
Apr 18, 2024 · Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in 'West Memphis 3' case. The Arkansas Supreme Court is clearing the way for new DNA testing to be sought in the killing of three boys ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Known as the West Memphis Three, Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley spent years in prison for the killings of three boys whose bodies were found May 6, 1993, in a drainage ditch near...
