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Re: The West Memphis Three are Free Men.
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2013, 09:43:PM »
Oddly enough I have just watched a 30 minute video on you tube about this case.  The public support was amazing. Has anyone seen the film?  :)

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« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2013, 01:02:PM »
I have bumped this thread as this case has recently taken my interest. Do you all still believe the WM3 to be innocent,and if so,have you trawled through all the documents related to this case on the callahan site?

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Re: The West Memphis Three are Free Men.
« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2013, 03:43:PM »
without a doubt there innocent.

it was one of the parents.

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Re: The West Memphis Three are Free Men.
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2013, 04:56:PM »
I have bumped this thread as this case has recently taken my interest. Do you all still believe the WM3 to be innocent,and if so,have you trawled through all the documents related to this case on the callahan site?

I have read a good heap of it. BTW Callahan is Danish, a nice guy and very funny. I still believe they are innocent - what do you think, tyler?

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« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2013, 11:25:PM »
Alias,I have looked quite deeply into the case and I believe that TH (step-father) of Stevie Branch carried out the murders. The police have the evidence but are not acting on it. Shame on them!

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« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2013, 08:23:PM »
Alias,I have looked quite deeply into the case and I believe that TH (step-father) of Stevie Branch carried out the murders. The police have the evidence but are not acting on it. Shame on them!

That is my belief also - I know this case very well, followed it for a number of years and still do actually. It is a huge scandal that the murderer of three innocent little boys walks free as any other citizen. The Arkansas authorities do not want to reopen the case, because if the WM3 are truly exhonorated, they can sue the state for vast amounts of money.

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« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2014, 03:41:PM »
 
Only the guilty want closure in West Memphis Three case
By Damien Echols


 

click to enlarge BRIAN CHILSON - Damien Echols, Jesse Misskelley and Jason Baldwin on Aug. 19, 2011, the day they were release from prison.

    Brian Chilson
    Damien Echols, Jesse Misskelley and Jason Baldwin on Aug. 19, 2011, the day they were release from prison.

Scott Ellington, the prosecuting attorney for Arkansas's Second Judicial District, said in a recent interview that, "There are no ongoing investigations by governmental investigative authorities" concerning the West Memphis Three case.

Ellington may be the only person on the planet who believes there is "closure" in my case.

I have heard the word closure more than once. The first time was when I was told that the Arkansas attorney general suggested that the State Supreme Court justices reject the appeal of my death penalty, because "we all need closure on the West Memphis Three case." It was easy for him to seek closure, of course; he was not sitting in solitary confinement on death row for a crime he did not commit.  Thankfully, the Supreme Court did not listen and ruled unanimously to review our wrongful convictions.

No one wants closure more than me, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskelley and the families of the murdered children. I for one am tired of reliving the horror of my arrest, wrongful conviction and the 18 long years, dying every day in an isolated cell, waiting to be executed. And while the Alford plea almost three years ago enabled us to be released, we neither were exonerated nor were the real killer(s) brought to justice. We continue to fight for both.

Now with the opening of "Devil's Knot," the latest film on this tragedy, some are once again calling for closure. After all, aren't four documentaries, a feature film, books, numerous network television features, hundreds of newspaper and magazine stories, blogs, bloggers, websites and God knows how many tweets on the murders of the three boys, enough? I guess not. People are still compelled by this story and want answers to the many lingering questions surrounding the case. True closure won't happen until those questions are answered.

Unfortunately, there has been little cooperation from the authorities. We have tried through the U.S. federal court in Washington, D.C., to obtain case files and records of forensic testing performed by the FBI at the request of the West Memphis Police Department during the initial investigation of this case. Incredibly, the FBI says that it cannot find those records. There is nothing, however, to prevent the state of Arkansas from making public its own records of correspondence with — and testing results from — the FBI's investigation into the murders. Indeed, in order to really bring closure to the West Memphis Three case and to help provide answers to the many questions about this case, including who really killed the three boys that dreadful day 21 years ago, the State of Arkansas should simply open up all of its investigative and forensic files on this case. The sunlight of public disclosure and inspection of those files will help to shine a light on the truth here.

Finally, along with the state of Arkansas opening up its investigative files, DA Scott Ellington should keep his promise to review new evidence given to him by my defense team in a meaningful manner, and he should avoid giving comfort to the real killer and discouraging new witnesses from coming forward by proclaiming that the case is "closed."

Damien Echols was released from death row in Arkansas in August of 2011. He and his wife, Lorri Davis, live in New York City.


http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/only-the-guilty-want-closure-in-west-memphis-three-case/Content?oid=3364262

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« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2015, 12:29:PM »
Just wanted to say I watched that film 'Devil's Knot' based on the case.  Didn't even know it was based on the case until I started watching it.  Actually didn't know anything about this case full stop.

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« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2015, 12:31:PM »
Just wanted to say I watched that film 'Devil's Knot' based on the case.  Didn't even know it was based on the case until I started watching it.  Actually didn't know anything about this case full stop.
H Roch, I know Alias was very well up on the case and always supported their innocence.

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« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2015, 12:52:PM »
H Roch, I know Alias was very well up on the case and always supported their innocence.

It doesn't make for easy viewing - due to the nature of the crime.  A lot of unanswered questions about suspects who should have been investigated much more thoroughly.  I wouldn't want to judge the case solely from the film though.   

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« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2016, 01:25:AM »
Further to previous answers there doesn't seem to be any breakthrough in this frustratingly complicated case. Or is it? If Terry Hobbs, stepfather to one of the murdered boys, Stevie Branch, lied about speaking to the boys on the day of the murders he can lie about other things.

Here is a video on the case:  https://youtu.be/JS1yzjNjJGs

Here is an update as to the alleged killers. They have all been released from prison but had to admit guilt in exchange for their freedom.  http://crimefeed.com/2016/03/west-memphis-three-now/

I don't know who wrote this piece but it puts the ball back firmly in the three accused's court and is heavily tilted towards their guilt.  http://www.westmemphisthreefacts.com/

If Terry Hobbs was involved he's become a cool customer over the years.  http://wreg.com/2013/05/10/terry-hobbs-breaks-his-silence/

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« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2016, 09:36:PM »
Further to previous answers there doesn't seem to be any breakthrough in this frustratingly complicated case. Or is it? If Terry Hobbs, stepfather to one of the murdered boys, Stevie Branch, lied about speaking to the boys on the day of the murders he can lie about other things.

Here is a video on the case:  https://youtu.be/JS1yzjNjJGs

Here is an update as to the alleged killers. They have all been released from prison but had to admit guilt in exchange for their freedom.  http://crimefeed.com/2016/03/west-memphis-three-now/

I don't know who wrote this piece but it puts the ball back firmly in the three accused's court and is heavily tilted towards their guilt.  http://www.westmemphisthreefacts.com/

If Terry Hobbs was involved he's become a cool customer over the years.  http://wreg.com/2013/05/10/terry-hobbs-breaks-his-silence/

There is not a shred of evidence against Hobbs. No previous history of crimes against children, Its totally out of his character and he has no motive. The west Memphis supporters needed an alternative suspect to point the finger at. Hobbs was the best they could find after they accused Byers step father. ::)

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« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2016, 09:39:PM »
There is not a shred of evidence against Hobbs. No previous history of crimes against children, Its totally out of his character and he has no motive. The west Memphis supporters needed an alternative suspect to point the finger at. Hobbs was the best they could find after they accused Byers step father. ::)
One of his hairs was found on the hog-tie ligature. This is just one comment I found about him on a message board.  http://www.topix.com/forum/city/west-memphis-ar/T9N2V1CO36BTJR16E/p2

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« Reply #28 on: September 30, 2016, 09:47:PM »
One of his hairs was found on the hog-tie ligature. This is just one comment I found about him on a message board.  http://www.topix.com/forum/city/west-memphis-ar/T9N2V1CO36BTJR16E/p2

Its a very misleading rumour.

The DNA found in the hog-tie ligature was degraded and could only produce a partial profile. This DNA profile can belong to 7% of the human population, Hobbs cannot be ruled out of that 7%

This turned into a rumour that it was Hobbs DNA and that's how he became a suspect in peoples minds

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« Reply #29 on: September 30, 2016, 10:02:PM »
Its a very misleading rumour.

The DNA found in the hog-tie ligature was degraded and could only produce a partial profile. This DNA profile can belong to 7% of the human population, Hobbs cannot be ruled out of that 7%

This turned into a rumour that it was Hobbs DNA and that's how he became a suspect in peoples minds
"To each villain his own vice." I do tend to think this crime was committed by a madman, possibly the one sighted in Mr. Bojangles café that night. I'm still not clear exactly where the murders were committed, how far away it was from the victims' homes and why Hobbs and other suspects didn't seem to have solid alibis.