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Scott Ellington, center, prosecuting attorney second judicial district, flanked by prosecutors Melonie Osworth and Alan Copelin, discussed the terms of a deal struck by the state releasing three men convicted of the 1993 deaths of three West Memphis children. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin agreed to a legal maneuver that lets them maintain their innocence while acknowledging prosecutors have enough evidence against them.
Ellington: Money a factor in West Memphis deal
Prosecutor and congressional candidate Scott Ellington said Wednesday that future legal costs to the state and potential juror misconduct factored into his decision to agree to the deal that freed three men convicted in the murders of three Cub Scouts in 1993. Speaking on a panel with the attorney...
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Ellington: Money a factor in West Memphis deal
Prosecutor and congressional hopeful Scott Ellington says costs to the state and potential juror misconduct factored into his decision to agree to the deal that freed the three men convicted in the murders of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts — Steven Branch, Christopher Branch and Michael Moore — in 1993.
Boom to bust
In 1999, the Tunbridge Wells subdivision in west Bentonville had been given up for dead. Three years earlier, the original developer declared bankruptcy.
Another civil suit filed over Albert Pike floods
Another wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Forest Service over flash flooding at the Albert Pike campground that killed 20 people in 2010.
Doctor injured in bomb, another doctor indicted
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Federal court hears appeal in doctor bombing case
A federal appeals court is expected to hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of a doctor convicted in a 2009 bombing that nearly killed the head of the Arkansas State Medical Board.
LRPD searching for missing elderly man
Little Rock police are currently searching for a missing elderly man who walked out of his retirement complex on July 5.
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Alamo followers
The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from followers of evangelist Tony Alamo who had their children taken away when they wouldn’t agree not to expose them to the ministry.
Hardy developer facing $3 million in penalties
Former Hardy land developer Wayne Watkins faces $3 million in civil penalties as a result of a judgment rendered in a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Dustin Mc-Daniel in 2008 over claims that Watkins swindled thousands of dollars from buyers in a failed land deal on the Spring River.
