Attention. since the films, thousands are questioning the convictions. 16 years ago i believe i saw the documentary paradise lost that was on hbo. i got involved in the case thinking that there was maybe some way i could make a difference. is there something about the way damien echols was treated as a teenager that you can relate to? i can remember being looked upon as a freak or different, because i didn t dress like everybody else. so i can empathize with being judged by how you look as opposed to who you are. i saw the movie, i m an advanced screener because i work for an advertising agency. we saw it together. oh, gosh. burk would probably like this. actually not like it. he called us up and said these guys are innocent. we start contacting the lawyers. you just want to know more. and we re shocked to fibld out that nothing was getting done.
these are all organizations opposed to the death penalty. but what this case different from others in the past as we approach the 11th hour there are hundreds of thousands of people. you saw their signatures on those petitions that were delivered. these are people, a lot of these people may not typically be against the death penalty. these are people who are looking at the case thinking that there are doubts here and that an execution needs to be stopped. there s a lot of people pushing to have his sentence commuted and not have him set free. you don t see a lot of people coming right out and saying this man is innocent. speaking of those who do think he should be set free or at least the case looked at, some names might surprise you. the former fbi director william sessions who wrote an op-ed in the newspaper in atlanta yesterday saying, the evidence in this case consisting almost entirely of conflicting stories, testimonies an statements is inadequate to the task of co
Justice rally saturday in little rock showed, the public, media and celebrity attention in this case is far from over. i am the aching in your heart larry: what got you involved, eddie? almost 16 years ago, i believe, i saw the documentary paradise lost that was on hbo. i got involved in the case thinking that there was maybe some way i could make a difference. i had no idea that 17 years later, we d even be at this point. but certainly had no idea that it would have taken this long. but we are in a good spot now. we ve got evidence that even in the last two, three years, that we believe will exonerate these kids. we re just asking we re doing this thing now just to bring notoriety back to the case.