justice for the west memphis six

On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys, Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore, went missing in the early evening hours in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies were found the next day submerged in a ditch in Robin Hood Hills. A month later, 3 suspects, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, were arrested and charged with their murders. All three were convicted in 1994. Baldwin and Misskelley received life sentences, while Echols was sentenced to death. The 3 men convicted became known as "The West Memphis Three". On August 19,2011, the convicted entered into an Alford Plea and were released from prison. They have maintained their innocence and continue their fight for exoneration and to bring the real killer to justice.

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Jason Baldwin during his 1994 trial for the triple murder of Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Steve Branch.

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Paradise Lost -The child murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

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Unite to bring justice to Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers. Justice in the case of the West Memphis Three (WM3) is long over due. It's time to rally to have the case reopened so that the three children murdered on May 5, 1993 finally have justice. By bringing justice to the children lost, we can also bring justice to the three who were wrongly convicted ( Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr.).

Tuesday, May 5, 2015  (1 -5 PM CDT)

Arkansas State Capital - Little Rock, Arkansas

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Damien Echols in 1994 during his trial for 3 counts of capital murder.  During trial recesses, he would answer selected questions from the media.  When asked what he thought of the charges against him, he said, “They’re bullshit.”

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Anonymous Message to West Memphis PD, Governor Beebe and Terry Hobbs

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West Memphis Three New Bite Mark Evidence

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Dark Spell: Surviving the Sentence by Mara Leveritt

Jason Baldwin was sixteen, the youngest of the three teenagers, when he heard himself sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. "Dark Spell" is the account of what it was like to be taken in handcuffs and shackles into Arkansas's adult prison system, where inmates and guards alike saw him as a Satanic child-killer. Many of those who sent him there did not expect him to survive. Prison officials shared the same, realistic fear. More than once, death hovered perilously near. But Jason survived. He survived, day by day and year by year, in one of the harshest environments on American soil. This would be a hard story to bear, save that it is brightened and transformed by Jason's insight and upbeat persona. "Dark Spell" illuminates the many ways America's justice system, once having gone wrong, can fight to sustain that wrong. It celebrates the countless ordinary heroes who rose up, using art and new technology, to challenge trials they perceived as mockeries of justice. At its heart, "Dark Spell" walks readers into prison with an innocent teenager and reveals how he managed to forge a life of honor by not abandoning his personal integrity, demanding an education, and discovering the peace to be found in kicking Hacky Sack.

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Jason Baldwin proposes to girlfriend, Holly Ballard  at the 20th Anniversary Gala of the Association In Defense of the Wrongly Convicted in Toronto, Canada.

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In loving memory of Stevie Branch, who would have turned 29 on November 26th.  

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Jason Baldwin in his own words : a Memoir

Make a pledge today to help fund the memoir for Jason Baldwin, known as one of the West Memphis Three.  

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Devil's Knot - 2013 (dir. Atom Egoyan)

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Tour of West Memphis, Arkansas 

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West Memphis Three’s Jason Baldwin wants ‘name cleared’ after wrongful conviction