Friday, June 13, 2008

West Memphis 3

Here's an interesting video I came across this week. I remember hearing about the case back when it first started in the 90's. Three kids were convicted of murdering three children without any proof, basically because they wore black clothes and liked heavy metal music. There was no evidence that any of them were at the crime scene, or had ever even known the victims. The police got a confession from one of the three who had an IQ of 72 after questioning him without a lawyer present for 12 hours. The confession was inaccurate, but somehow the other kids were arrested and eventually, without ANY evidence, found guilty of these horrible crimes. Since that time there has been new evidence and DNA tests that show none of these kids was at the scene, but do point to someone else...... No spoiler here, watch the clip. Note, it is about 20 minutes long, but is really interesting and shows a frightening view of how justice is never guaranteed. Learn more at: http://www.wm3.org/.



West Memphis Three: Time for Truth

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