tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post2100653419844433102..comments2024-02-28T05:56:28.293-08:00Comments on California Correctional Crisis: Damien Echols Receives New Trial: Evidence Gate Wide OpenHadar Aviramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-82483336079587527092011-08-19T12:32:21.757-07:002011-08-19T12:32:21.757-07:00Excellent news this afternoon. The West Memphis Th...Excellent news this afternoon. The West Memphis Three were released from prison on an Alford plea.Hadar Aviramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-56408335226750191832010-11-16T12:47:07.243-08:002010-11-16T12:47:07.243-08:00Thanks for drawing attention to the West Memphis T...Thanks for drawing attention to the West Memphis Three situation.<br /><br />Damien, Jessie and Jason were "expendable trailer trash" as far as the court was concerned. <br /><br />Even the victims' families (with the exception of the Moores) support the West Memphis Three's innocence. The father of victim Chris Byers co-runs a website for anyone interested in discussing the case - http://www.wm3blackboard.com .<br /><br />There's no evidence to convict the WM3 - not a single hair, footprint (and Damien wore Army boots), not a fingerprint, not a strand of DNA. There is beau coup evidence to implicate a certain stepfather (his DNA and, more importantly, the DNA of a friend of his who he hadn't seen on 5/5/93 until after the boys disappeared).<br /><br />It'll all come out in the upcoming hearings .... justice is coming.<br /><br />Justice for 6 = Free the 3 and Arrest the 1!Fishmonger Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226877132861261065noreply@blogger.com