getting off death row alive is this man. attorney dennis riordan. i was immediately very reluctant to get involved in a death penalty case. prosecutors generally will not pursue the death penalty unless they feel the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, and i was stunned to find out that there was not, in my opinion, a single piece of credible evidence in a death case of this man s guilt. damien echols, jason baldwin and jessie misskelley, now known as the west memphis three, have all found supporters from all over the world, including celebrities, like actor johnny depp and rock musician eddie vedder. do you know how rare it is for someone on death row to be set free? there are so many things about this case and about my life in general that are against the odds that things like that don t even make me blink anymore. and that support has led to hundreds of thousands of dollars for dna testing of a hair found at the crime scene. and that has led to some startling revelations.
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and then trying them and convicting them just sealed that relief. i feel wonderful at this point. i feel like we ve definitely been vindicated in this case. now my boy can play and go on about his life in heaven the way it is, and i ll go on with mine the best i can. what are you going to say to your son? son, we won. and wait till mama gets there, and we ll have a good time when i get there with you. i m glad it s over. jason was sentenced to life in prison. damien was dealt with even more severely. he was sent to arkansas s death row. i was satisfied that they had the right ones in prison, and i was going to go watch damien be injected some day. you wanted to go to damien s execution. yeah. you wanted to see him injected. you wanted to see him die. did you want to say anything to him on that day? i just wanted to look at him, tell him to look into my eyes
do you know how rare it is for someone on death row to be set free? there are so many things about this case and about my life in general that are against the odds that things like that don t even make me blink anymore. and that support has led to hundreds of thousands of dollars for dna testing of a hair found at the crime scene. and that has led to some startling revelations. the dna evidence proves that there were no sexual assaults. the fronzices forensics proves that as well. the material that does exist, all three defendants are eliminated from it. they couldn t have produced it. and on the other hand, there is evidence consistent with a relative or a family member of one of the victims. and it s a hair in one of the ligatures which ties up one of the boys, and that s consistent with terry hobbs, who is the stepfather of stevie branch, one of the victims. but the hair was found on stevie s friend, michael moore. while the dna is consistent with terry hobbs, it is far fr
satanic killing. three teens, convicted. guilty of capital murder. their accused ringleader sent to death row. i m in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. he deserves to be tortured and punished for the rest of his life for murdering three 8-year-old children! it was a crime almost too horrible to imagine. three teens worshiping satan, murdering three 8-year-old boys. that happened right here back in 1993. two of the teens got life in prison. a third was judged to be so evil that he was sentenced to die. but after spending 18 years behind bars a dramatic new development. the so-called west memphis three