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(Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008)
The federal judge who initially sent Damien Echols’ appeal back to state courts has recused from the case. » Read story.
the associated press
(Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008)
A defense lawyer for one of three men convicted in the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys said Thursday a notice of appeal would be filed within days of a judge’s ruling denying a new trial in the case. » Read story.
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(Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008)
A judge has denied a request for a new trial for three men convicted of killing three boys in West Memphis 15 years ago. » Read story.
the associated press
(Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008)
An assistant to Craighead County Circuit Judge David Burnett says a set of hearings scheduled to begin Monday for three men convicted in the 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis will be postponed. » Read story.
(Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008)
A judge said Wednesday that he is not sure whether he’ll need to hold hearings for next month for three men seeking to overturn their convictions in the brutal 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis. » Read story.
the associated press
(Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008)
Attorneys say the first hearing in an appeal by one of the men convicted as a teenager in the 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys will be held in April. » Read story.
By Cathy Frye (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007)
The voice of Natalie Maines, lead singer for the Dixie Chicks, floated across the state Capitol grounds Wednesday as a line of “West Memphis Three” supporters snaked up the steps with a giant banner. » Read story.
By Cathy Frye (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 2, 2007)
The slayings of three West Memphis boys weren’t the work of three unsophisticated teenage killers, but that of a single person who set out to taunt and “punish” the victims, contends John Douglas, a former longtime FBI criminal profiler. » Read story.
By The Associated Press
(Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007)
The state attorney general's office said Tuesday that a review of new DNA tests and other evidence in the case of one of the teens convicted in the 1993 slayings of three boys in West Memphis will take some time. » Read story.
By Seth Blomeley (Contact)
(Friday, Oct. 17, 2003)
Damien Echols, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 in the killing of three 8-year-old boys, lost an appeal Thursday before the state Supreme Court. » Read story.
By The Associated Press
(Saturday, Jan. 31, 1998)
WEST MEMPHIS -- An attorney for a death row inmate is seeking to obtain bite impressions from his client and two others convicted in the slayings of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys. » Read story.
By The Associated Press
(Saturday, May 17, 1997)
The mother of one of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys murdered in May 1993 has filed a lawsuit against producers of a television documentary. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996)
The Arkansas Supreme Court refused Monday to overturn the capital murder convictions of Damien Echols and Charles Jason Baldwin for the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys. » Read story.
By The Associated Press
(Tuesday, May 10, 1994)
West Memphis police Monday opened the case file on the slayings of three 8-year-old boys for reporters and other members of the public to review. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Sunday, March 20, 1994)
Misty Hood, 11, wasn't afraid Saturday.
"But my mom is," admitted the blond-haired, freckled-faced youngster. » Read story.
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