West Memphis Three case

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The West Memphis Three case is a notorious 1993 criminal case in which three teenagers were controversially convicted—and later released—for the murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, sparking widespread debate over wrongful convictions and satanic panic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case ⓘ
murder case ⓘ
wrongful conviction controversy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs WM3 case ⓘ
West Memphis Three murders ⓘ
appeal multiple post-conviction appeals ⓘ
associatedWith satanic panic ⓘ
causeOfRelease Alford plea ⓘ
charge murder ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defendant Damien Echols ⓘ
Jason Baldwin ⓘ
Jessie Misskelley Jr. ⓘ
evidence DNA testing conducted years after conviction ⓘ
hasEffect advocacy for criminal justice reform ⓘ
criticism of forensic evidence handling ⓘ
criticism of police investigation ⓘ
public debate over wrongful convictions ⓘ
hasPart trial of Damien Echols ⓘ
trial of Jason Baldwin ⓘ
trial of Jessie Misskelley Jr. ⓘ
influenced discussion of coerced confessions in juvenile interrogations ⓘ
public perception of satanic ritual abuse allegations ⓘ
investigatedBy West Memphis Police Department ⓘ
jurisdiction Crittenden County, Arkansas ⓘ
legalOutcome Alford plea agreement ⓘ
conviction ⓘ
legalStatus convictions not vacated ⓘ
location West Memphis, Arkansas ⓘ
mainSubject West Memphis Three ⓘ
mediaCoverage Paradise Lost 2: Revelations ⓘ
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory ⓘ
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills ⓘ
West of Memphis ⓘ
notableFeature heavy reliance on a disputed confession by Jessie Misskelley Jr. ⓘ
lack of physical evidence directly linking defendants to the crime ⓘ
use of alleged occult and satanic themes in prosecution theory ⓘ
numberOfVictims 3 ⓘ
perpetratorAccordingToConviction Damien Echols ⓘ
Jason Baldwin ⓘ
Jessie Misskelley Jr. ⓘ
pointInTime 1993 ⓘ
releaseDate 2011-08-19 ⓘ
startDate 1993-05-05 ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s in Arkansas ⓘ
victim Christopher Byers ⓘ
Michael Moore ⓘ
Stevie Branch ⓘ

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West Memphis, Arkansas → subjectOf → West Memphis Three case ⓘ
West Memphis Three case → mainSubject → West Memphis Three ⓘ
linked to: West Memphis Three case
Devil's Knot → basedOn → West Memphis Three case ⓘ
Devil's Knot → narrativeFocus → West Memphis Three ⓘ
linked to: West Memphis Three case