{"id":2581,"date":"2013-07-03T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2013-07-03T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T20:36:15","slug":"bookdvd-reoprt-the-west-memphis-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/bookdvd-reoprt-the-west-memphis-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Book\/DVD Report. The West Memphis 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/200px-Devils_Knot_-_The_True_Story_of_the_West_Memphis_Three.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/200px-Devils_Knot_-_The_True_Story_of_the_West_Memphis_Three-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"200px-Devil&#039;s_Knot_-_The_True_Story_of_the_West_Memphis_Three\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2582\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/220px-Paradise_Lost_Dvd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/220px-Paradise_Lost_Dvd-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"220px-Paradise_Lost_Dvd\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2583\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a subject that I have been interested in since the beginning <em>5 May 1993<\/em>. <strong>I was actually in West Memphis, AR. and Memphis, TN exactly 7 days before the Murders<\/strong> and saw first hand what the atmosphere was like at that time. <em>And Passing through many times in the ensuing years I have watched West Memphis grow from a Backwards, Dirty, lower middle class God fearing community into a cleaned up haven for panhandlers, prostitutes, Drug Dealers, and a place where I have to turn off my CB Radio when passing through because of all the racial fighting on it.<\/em> With some of the <strong>worst<\/strong> roads in a state that once was known for it&#8217;s Bad Roads.  <em>But I Digress.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>On 19 Aug 2011 Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. entered what was called an &#8220;Alford Plea&#8221; where while maintaining their innocence they plead Guilty to the murders of Three eight-year-old boys\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSteve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers. Their sentences were changed to &#8220;Time served&#8221; and were released from the hell that is the Arkansas penal system and basically put on probation for 10 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These boys 18,17, and 16 years old at that time were convicted in 1994 and received Life sentences and Damien Received Death. Mainly because of a <strong>1.<\/strong> Coerced Confession of a scared 17 yr. old Misskelly Jr. who had an IQ of <strong>72<\/strong> and functioned on a barely 5th grade level, and <strong>2.<\/strong> the fact that they listened to Heavy Metal Music and dressed in black.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Now the report<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\n I have finished reading the Book <strong>&#8220;Devils Knot&#8221;<\/strong> by Mara Leveritt, a reporter in Arkansas and the <strong>only<\/strong> reporter in that state that thought something was <em>&#8220;Fishy&#8221;<\/em> about the whole case. <strong>I urge all of you to Pick up this book and read it cover to cover.<\/strong> then go to Amazon and order the DVD <strong>&#8220;Paradise Lost&#8221; Trilogy.<\/strong> If anyone thinks that our criminal justice system in this country is fine, these will make you sit back and say <strong>&#8220;how could that happen in our country&#8221;<\/strong>. From <em>Incompetent Police work, Jury Misconduct, False Witnesses, and politicians and Judges who are only worried about the next election.<\/em> <strong>That&#8217;s How.<\/strong> It also makes me wonder how many more persons are in the same situation in our prisons.<\/p>\n<p>But read, watch, and then form your own conclusions. <strong>Justice was not served in this case<\/strong> and the Victims families deserve to know the <strong>truth<\/strong>, and those 3 boys <em>(Now Young Men)<\/em> deserve to be <strong>Exonerated and have all their Rights restored.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a subject that I have been interested in since the beginning 5 May 1993. I was actually in West Memphis, AR. and Memphis, TN exactly 7 days before the Murders and saw first hand what the atmosphere was like at that time. 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