The West Memphis Murders

  • Crowd: Justice not served in 1993 killings

    Supporters of the three men convicted of killing three boys in West Memphis in 1993 gathered Tuesday on the state Capitol steps and called for officials to reo…

    by Scott Carroll May 6, 2015

  • Ellington: Money a factor in West Memphis deal

    Prosecutor and congressional hopeful Scott Ellington says costs to the state and potential juror misconduct factored into his decision to agree to the deal tha…

    by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press April 18, 2012

  • Director helping Echols in seeking pardon

    Director Peter Jackson said Friday that he was working with Damien Echols in hopes of getting the man a complete pardon.

    by The Associated Press October 28, 2011

  • 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…

    by Cathy Frye , Kenneth Heard , Chad Day August 24, 2011

  • 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.

    by Cathy Frye , Chad Day August 21, 2011

  • Local Man Plays Role In Case

    The release of the “West Memphis Three” on Friday also ended almost two years of work preparing evidence in the case to present to the court by a man with ties…

    by Gary Burton August 20, 2011

  • 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…

    by KENNETH HEARD, CHAD DAY AND CATHY FRYE ARKANSAS DE August 20, 2011

  • 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…

    by Arkansas Online August 19, 2011

  • 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…

    by Gavin Lesnick August 19, 2011

  • 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…

    by JOHN WORTHEN, DEBRA HALE-SHELTON AND KENNETH HEARD August 19, 2011

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