"The lawyer for Damien Echols, one of 3 West Memphis teens convicted of killing 3 little boys in 1993, says new DNA evidence will be presented soon. Echols, who's on death row, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelly were all convicted for the murders of Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch and Michael Moore.
Today, Echols' attorney, Dennis Riordan from San Francisco California, {said that} the results of new DNA evidence are "significant." "Mr. Echols was someone from day one pushing very hard to get these DNA testing done because he thought it was important to his case and he was always a proponent. I think we have results that are going to shed significant light on the case," says Riordan.
For those unfamiliar with the case, I'd strongly suggest you read Maria Leveritt's book, Devil's Knot, to see the great injustice served to these teenage boys, who were convicted of killing three young boys back in 1993. No evidence ever linked them to the killings, the deciding factor being a "confession" from one of the teenagers, Jessie Misskelley, who was quizzed by police through the night (the police taped just 2 hours of their interviews) and was judged at the time to have a mental age of 5.The police and prosecution (and defense) kept vital evidence, such as bite marks, from the court, and ignored any other avenues of likely guilt, such as the habitually criminal stepfather of one of the boys, John Mark Byers. During the trial, filmed by HBO for the documentary "Paradise Lost", Byers also gave his hunting knife to the film crew - the knife was found to have human blood stains on it, which Byers denied any knowledge of.... but which were never tested for DNA and were destroyed in the initial tests.
Hopefully, the DNA testing will vindicate Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin - and point the finger firmly in the direction of the real killer.
3 comments:
Lets pray and hope that the real killer is finially cought,and The three young men are freeded at last. Damien, Jessie, and Jason I am always praying for you dont give up, its really a matter of time now.
lots of love guys stay strong
recy kypri
sydney downunder australia
I just hope that the justice system finally holds up it's hands and says "You know what, we were wrong all along".
But they previously denied Damien a retrial despite conclusive proof from a state-approved odontist that there were teeth marks on Chris Byers that did not belong to Damien, Jessie or Jason, so who knows.
We just need to keep believing and hopefully they will be out soon - and the hunt for the real killer (which shouldn't take long) can begin.
To Damien, Jessie ,Jason,
I am still praying that it will not be long till you are home. It is looking better now than ever,people are starting to see the truth, which has been there all along, Blind Freddie can see you have nothing to do with this horrible crime, Your Justice system has a lot to answer to. Remember you American Eagle stands for justice, do not ever give up, and keep demanding your Justice, rights and Freedom. It really wont be long another trial, or a release date, the world is looking at you America. DO THE RIGHT THING HERE ONCE AND FOR ALL. FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE.
STAY STRONG GUYS.
WE SUPPORT YOU ALWAYS
LOVE ALWAYS
RECY KYPRI
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