were irate and they believed these were three kids who, in some kind of ritual involving satan, had murdered and mutilated three 8-year-old boys. mara leveritt wrote the devil s knot, the true story of the west memphis three. she questions the strength of the prosecution s case. they had very little to go on and to present to the jury. so they made the decision they were going to say this was an occult slaying and that s why it all happened, because these guys were dabbling in the occult and they brought in an expert witness, they said, named dr. dale griffiths. and he was going to be their expert in the occult. dennis riordan is damien s attorney. this is a man who has a ph.d.
so they made the decision they were going to say this was an occult slaying and that s why it all happened, because these guys were dabbling in the occult and they brought in an expert witness, they said, named dr. dale griffiths. and he was going to be their expert in the occult. dennis riordan is damien s attorney. this is a man who has a ph.d. from a diploma mill in california parading as an expert in this field when the fbi has looked at this and said this whole satanic thing is utterly unfounded. griffiths pointed out that the killings took place over a full moon and that practitioners of satanism wore black. i just wore what i liked and the black clothes happened to be what i liked. heavy metal, black clothing. reading steven king books. none of these are crimes.
from a diploma mill in california parading as an expert in this field when the fbi has looked at this and said this whole satanic thing is utterly unfounded. griffiths pointed out that the killings took place over a full moon and that practitioners of satanism wore black. i just wore what i liked and the black clothes happened to be what i liked. heavy metal, black clothing. reading steven king books. none of these are crimes. they thought they were. to them it may not have been a crime but they were indicators of the type of person who would commit a crime. i m detecting bitterness. there is a little. i try not to be. but his bitterness was apparent during the trial. and it cost him. damien didn t exactly help himself on the stand, did he? no.
at 9:00 that night i knew that i would never see him alive again. three teenage boys suspected. i wanted to bash their head up against the wall, kick their face in. three teens, demonized. that was the first thing that everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. three teens, convicted. guilty of capital murder. their accused ring leader sent to death row. i m in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, seven days a week. he deserves to be tortured and punished for the rest of his life for murdering three 8-year-old children. but did the west memphis three really do it? nearly 20 years after the most infamous child murders in arkansas history, even those who were so sure they were guilty aren t so sure anymore. if the west memphis three, those teenagers did not kill your son, who did? good question. someone did. it was a crime almost too horrible to imagine. three teens, worshipping satan, murdering three 8-year-old boy
spent the final hours leading up to the shootings, including a shopping trip, an all-nighter and other startling details. the latest on that. and the border battle boondoggle. politicians and presidents have talked for years about building a virtual fence on the border. it s been nothing but a virtual disaster. now it looks line it s never going to get finished. we re keeping them honest. we begin keeping them honest with politicians and pundits playing politics with the tragedy in tucson. the cringe worthy examples on both the left and right, we showed you letters that went out. president obama implored the whole nation to tone it down, to honor those who lost their lives by stepping up the civility. and if, as has been discussed in recent days, their death helps usher in more civility in our public discourse, let us remember, it is not because a simple act of civility caused this tragedy, it did not, but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can hel