Order allows men in West Memphis murders to attend film premiere
Three men released from prison in a plea deal that settled their appeal of 1993 murder convictions will be allowed to attend the New York premiere of a film on…
The West Memphis Murders
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W. Memphis police chief retiring, to focus on talks
West Memphis Police Chief Robert Paudert, whose son and another police officer were fatally shot last year during a traffic stop, will retire Wednesday to focu…
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Crime Lab to look at DNA in ’93 case
Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington said the State Crime Laboratory has agreed to analyze DNA collected from a West Memphis crime scene where three 8-year-old…
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For 3 freed and in spotlight, legal tethers loosened
An hour after being released from prison Friday afternoon, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin scooted into a dark, tinted-windowed SUV that whisked the two men to…
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Release of 3 topic of forum
A panel discussion will be held Thursday about the legal battle over Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr., who served more than 17 years in p…
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3 freed hearkens back to 3 slain
At Weaver Elementary School, a small gazebo stands testament to the memory of three 8-year-old boys who once romped across this empty playground.
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3 plead guilty to murders, are set free
Three men convicted in the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys walked out of court as free men Friday after pleading guilty to reduced charges under an un…
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Alford plea by 3 solved difficulty for both sides
Stale evidence. New DNA testing. Allegations of jury misconduct.
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Three are free: Mixed reactions, mostly joy
The West Memphis murders in 1993 riveted a state, if not a nation, from the onset. Over the years, proving the innocence of who supporters called the West Mem…
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Echols says justice 'neither pretty nor is it perfect'
A statement form Damien Echols after he, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were freed Friday, Aug. 19.
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VIDEO: Plea reached in West Memphis murders
Three men convicted of the murder of three West Memphis boys have pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a deal with prosecutors that will have them released from…
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Prosecutor says 'interests of justice' served in case
A statement from Scott Ellington, the prosecutor in the West Memphis case.
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Sources say deal will let 3 go free
The three men convicted in the 1993 killings of three West Memphis boys will be set free after pleading guilty today to first-degree murder if a judge approves…
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Reports: Possible plea deal in works in West Memphis murder case
A possible plea agreement is in the works that will likely lead to the release of the men convicted in the murders of three boys in West Memphis in 1993, accor…
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Hearing set in W. Memphis child murder appeals
A hearing is scheduled Friday in the appeals of three men convicted of the grisly murders of three boys in West Memphis in 1993.
