West Memphis Three are freed after 18 years

[HMFIC]

Something curious about the deal tho' is that all three were offered the Alford Plea but there were two separate trials.

Miskelly was tried alone first, and then Baldwin/Echols were tried together.

See what I'm getting at?

Not sure.

I read that Miskelly was arrested and tried first and he implicated the other two. Then they moved the location of those two to a different venue due to the high profile of the case and possible tainting, etc...

 

[soonersfan]

Not all of the three welcomed the deal. During the 1994 trial, prosecutors offered to reduce Mr. Baldwin’s sentence if he pleaded guilty and testified against Mr. Echols. He refused then and initially resisted this deal, insisting as a matter of principle that he would not plead guilty to something he did not do.

But, he said, his refusing this deal would have meant Mr. Echols stayed on death row.

“This was not justice,” he said of the deal. “However, they’re trying to kill Damien.”

This seems a little too honorable for a child killer.

 

[dennishoddy]

Same injustice has happened in Okla. Read "An innocent man" by John Grisham. It will scare the hell out of you.

 

[J.P.]

Same injustice has happened in Okla. Read "An innocent man" by John Grisham. It will scare the hell out of you.

I'll have to give that a read.

 

[J.P.]

I've been waiting for Dr.Drew to take this case on.....haven't found anything yet.