The West Memphis Murders
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Mother of slain boy attends hearing in West Memphis case
Posted: October 1, 2009 5:36 p.m.
The mother of one of the three 8-year-olds killed more than 15 years ago in West Memphis says she believes the men convicted in the crime are innocent.
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Turtles likely caused boys' injuries, expert testifies
Posted: August 11, 2009 5:23 p.m.
A forensic pathologist says that animals - likely turtles - caused multiple injuries to the bodies of three West Memphis boys who were found dead in 1993.
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Judge in Echols' case recuses himself
Posted: September 24, 2008 9:49 p.m.
The federal judge who initially sent Damien Echols' appeal back to state courts has recused from the case.
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Defense to appeal in West Memphis case
Posted: September 11, 2008 4:44 p.m.
A defense lawyer for one of three men convicted in the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys said Thursday a notice of appeal would be filed within days of a judge's ruling denying a new trial in the case.
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No new trial in West Memphis killings, judge rules
Posted: September 10, 2008 9:25 p.m.
A judge has denied a request for a new trial for three men convicted of killing three boys in West Memphis 15 years ago.
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Court: West Memphis slaying hearings on hold
Posted: September 4, 2008 2:45 p.m.
An assistant to Craighead County Circuit Judge David Burnett says a set of hearings scheduled to begin Monday for three men convicted in the 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis will be postponed.
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Judge says hearing likely in West Memphis slayings
Posted: August 20, 2008 6:28 p.m.
A judge said Wednesday that he is not sure whether he'll need to hold hearings for next month for three men seeking to overturn their convictions in the brutal 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis.
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April hearing planned for appeal in West Memphis case
Posted: February 28, 2008 8:21 p.m.
Attorneys say the first hearing in an appeal by one of the men convicted as a teenager in the 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys will be held in April.
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Singer joins Capitol rally for West Memphis Three
Posted: December 20, 2007 6 a.m.
The voice of Natalie Maines, lead singer for the Dixie Chicks, floated across the state Capitol grounds Wednesday as a line of "West Memphis Three" supporters snaked up the steps with a giant banner.
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Ex-profiler sees 1 killer in slayings
Posted: November 2, 2007 6 a.m.
The slayings of three West Memphis boys weren't the work of three unsophisticated teenage killers, but that of a single person who set out to taunt and "punish" the victims, contends John Douglas, a former longtime FBI criminal profiler.
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AG says looking at DNA evidence in Echols case to take some time, possibly even years
Posted: October 31, 2007 1:52 a.m.
The state attorney general's office said Tuesday that a review of new DNA tests and other evidence in the case of one of the teens convicted in the 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis will take some time.
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Justices deny Echols' appeal in 1993 slayings of three boys
Posted: October 17, 2003 6 a.m.
Damien Echols, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 in the killing of three 8-year-old boys, lost an appeal Thursday before the state Supreme Court.
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Bite mark claimed in W. Memphis slayings
Posted: January 31, 1998 6 a.m.
WEST MEMPHIS -- An attorney for a death row inmate is seeking to obtain bite impressions from his client and two others convicted in the slayings of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys.
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Mother of slain boy sues in West Memphis film
Posted: May 17, 1997 6 a.m.
The mother of one of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys murdered in May 1993 has filed a lawsuit against producers of a television documentary.
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High court W. Memphis verdicts
Posted: December 24, 1996 6 a.m.
The Arkansas Supreme Court refused Monday to overturn the capital murder convictions of Damien Echols and Charles Jason Baldwin for the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys.
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