New Hearings Ordered for West Memphis Three

[johnnie]

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered new hearings for the so-called West Memphis Three.

The action follows a hearing before the high court in September for Damien Echols.

Echols, who was sentenced to death in the 1993 killings of three boys, went before the court to seek a new trial.

Two other men convicted in the case, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, are also in prison but received life sentences. The high court today also ordered new hearings for them.

Echols, Misskelley and Baldwin were convicted of the killings of three West Memphis boys back in 1993. The young victims' bruised bodies were found in a drainage canal, naked and hogtied with their own shoelaces.

http://arkansasmatters.com/news-fulltext?nxd_id=366186




I know this doesn't fit in with the elections, but this is a long time coming.

[Heidi]

1. 100 jillion percent recommended. Justice issues are a perfect topic for GD.

Thank you for posting this, johnnie. :thumbsup:

:kick:

[dbt]

2. K & R for this bit of hope

in an otherwise pretty bleak landscape. There's been something WAY fishy about this case from the get-go.