parents or an attorney present during this. Jessie Misskelley had a low IQ score of 72 indicating that he was mentally disabled and even after knowing this the West Memphis police still continued to interrogate him. Although he recanted his so called confession within hours after speaking to the police‚ it still played a major role in all three convictions of himself‚ Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin. I feel that Jessie was definitely coerced in making this confession. He failed to provide the correct
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On May 6‚ 1993‚ three eight year old boys were found savagely murdered in West Memphis Arkansas. The investigation lacks hard evidence and a suspect‚ and the police automatically turn their focus on Satanism. Unfortunately‚ three teenage boys became the prime suspects: Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley. Because they wore black and listened to hard rock music‚ they were outcasts. With nothing but circumstantial evidence mounted upon these teenage boys‚ the community lets a "Satanic
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Paradise Lost While watching the HBO Documentary “Paradise Lost”‚ I saw the horrific murder cases of three second grade boys at West Memphis Arkansas. The suspected murderers were Jessie Misskelley‚ Jr.‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Damien Echols‚ their ages were seventeen‚ sixteen‚ and eighteen. As a motive for the murders the prosecution believed they were performed as a satanic ritual. After an intense trial each of the teenagers were found guilty by the jury‚ although there was a fairly large lack
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Where is the Love- Black Eyed Peas All my life I have liked this song‚ it has voice; a strong one‚ speaking out against the hate. The book A Raisin in the Sun deals with the struggle for a black family in the late 1940’s to move out of the ghetto‚ buy a home‚ go to college‚ and simply give their children money for school. Travis- “This morning we suppose to bring the fifty cents to school.” Ruth- “Well‚ I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning.” “But if you only have love for your own race
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In 2011‚ the West Memphis Three “were released after being resentenced to [time served] (Shargel‚ 2011).” Echols had convinced the state Supreme Court to an evidentiary hearing for the new and old evidence found within the case. The three men were given the choice of an Alford Plea. They were allowed to claim their innocence‚ but had to plead guilty as a part of their plea bargaining. If the men chose the Alford Plea they would be set free and Damien Echols would get off death row. In August of 2011
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In May of 1993‚ West Memphis‚ Arkansas was hit with a horrific tragedy: a triple homicide. The three victims were Chris Byers‚ Michael Moore‚ and Stevie Branch. All three boys were just eight years-old. People in the community were distraught‚ and some even referred to West Memphis as "Hell". After about a month‚ investigators soon came to the conclusion that three teens‚ Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley Jr.‚ were the killers. In 1996‚ HBO released a documentary‚ Paradise Lost:
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West Memphis 3: Wrongfully Accused? On May 5th‚ 1993 three eight year old boys were reported missing in West Memphis‚ Arkansas. The boys were found the next day‚ hog tied in a wooded area called “Robin Hood Hills”. After the case had been “thoroughly” investigated‚ the West Memphis Police announced on the news that they had found the murderers‚ pointing fingers at Damien Echols‚ Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin‚ three teenagers who were different from the norm in West Memphis‚ making it easy
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narrowed the highest level of obesity to the city of Memphis‚ TN (Memphis Business Journal‚ 2012). While Memphis is known for its barbeque‚ the expense is at the weight of its citizens as noted by Newsweek. According to the article in Memphis Business Journal‚ nearly 30 percent of Memphians (adults) are obese. While 12.4 have diabetes and only y 51.7 percent exercise regularly. However‚ that number of exercisers and dieters are increasing in Memphis. Memphians have begun to forge a war against obesity
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Wrongly Accused Who was wrongly accused when the trials of Tom Robison took place back in the 1930s? I will present some facts and quotes from informational sources that will prove how people are really the ones to blame. To discuss who or what was wrongly accused? Is to get to the bottom and find the evidence base on facts. Highlighting 2 informational articles‚ and the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee in chapter 20 of Atticus speech of what the jury should do. Let’s start with Atticus’s
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They then had their first son in 1943 Everett who was followed by Billy Ray. In 1944‚ after the two boys were born they moved to Fresno County CA were they had three more kids. In 1949‚ he was arrested for cattle theft and then again in 1951 the sentencing combined he had to serve one year in jail and do manual labor at the judges farm. Once he moved to Illinois‚ he then moved around for the next eight consecutive
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