EXHIBIT A-IOI - West Memphis Three Case - Document Archive
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<strong>Case</strong> 4:09-cv-00008-BSM <strong>Document</strong> 30-5 Filed 07/17/2009 Page 130 of 297<br />
SECTION: NATIONAL; Pg. A19<br />
LENGTH: 157 words<br />
Copyright 1994 The Times-Picayune Publishing Co.<br />
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)<br />
March 20, 1994 Sunday, THIRD<br />
HEADLINE: JURy CALLS FOR DEATH FOR TEEN KILLER<br />
DATELINE: JONESBORO, ARK. (AP)<br />
BODY:<br />
A teen-ager was sentenced to death Saturday for the murder ofthree 8-year-old boys whose bodies were found naked,<br />
battered and hogtied. An accomplice was sentenced to life in prison without parole.<br />
Damien Echols, 19, and Charles Jason Baldwin, 16, each were convicted Friday ofthree counts ofcapital murder.<br />
The same jury that convicted them recommended death by injection for Echols and life in prison without parole for<br />
Baldwin.<br />
The victims, second-graders Steve Branch, Chris Byers and Michael Moore, disappeared May 5 while riding bicycles<br />
through their <strong>West</strong> <strong>Memphis</strong> neighborhood. Their bodies were pulled from a drainage ditch the next day.<br />
When Circuit Judge David Burnett asked Baldwin ifthere was any reason he should not impose the sentence,<br />
Baldwin said, "Because I'm innocent."<br />
When asked the same question, Echols replied, "No sir."<br />
A witness said two ofthe 8-year-olds were raped and one was castrated.<br />
LOAD-DATE: March 22, 1994
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