WM3 DNA
Read the news about the West Memphis Three DNA evidence. The WM3, in a travesty of justice (summed up succinctly by a scene in court in which black concert t-shirts owned by the defendants were submitted as evidence that the three were “satanists”) were given life sentences almost 15 years ago.
To be sure, even if they had been guilty, there is no way the conviction should have stood, given the absolutely inexcusable conduct by the prosecution and the campaign of lies and innuendo that followed them. As it happens, they were without a doubt innocent.
This spring, the WM3 will — it is to be hoped — get a chance to present compelling DNA evidence exonerating them.
Follow that link for more news and for a way to make a contribution for Echols’s, Misskelley’s, and Baldwin’s defense fund.
Ed Vedder’s short tour of the West Coast will feature prime-seat packages at auction, with all proceeds going towards the WM3’s defense.
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