EXHIBIT A-IOI - West Memphis Three Case - Document Archive

Case 4:09-cv-00008-BSM Document 30-5 Filed 07/17/2009 Page 262 of 297
Celestial News: Modern Day Witch Trials -- Free the West Memphis Three
http://www.celestialhealing.comlrevwm3.html
police suspicions regarding Damien Echols. He, further, managed
to implicate Damien's friend Jason Baldwin and himself. The three
teen misfits were now set to stand trial for a gruesome act of
Satanic ritual murder -- an act of dark witchery right out of the worst
nightmares of the sleepy Arkansas town.
PARADISE LOST:
The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hill
by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky,
intrigued by news accounts of the crime and pending
trials, headed for West Memphis. There, they would
capture on film a startling portrait of a town in turmoil. The Emmywinning
documentary records both the court proceedings and the
back-story in the form of interviews with all the major players: the
families of both the victims and the accused, lawyers, law
enforcement, even, the three plaintiffs. As recorded by Berlinger
and Sinofsky, the prosecution's case is largely circumstantial.
Clumsy police work had damaged what physical evidence there
was on the river bed. Much rests on Jessie Misskelley's confession,
although it had been debunked by Dr. Richard Ofshe, a Pulitzer
Prize winning expert on false confessions. Only a small part of
Ofshe's testimony was heard during Misskelley's trial.
Paradise Lost is a brilliant piece of journalism -- objective, and
unflinching. Finding its largest audience on HBO, the film started a
surprising snowball effect. Many viewers were shocked and
horrified by the result of the trials. All three boys were convicted of
capital murder. Damien Echols was sent to death row, where he
remains to this day. As a result of the documentary, many came to
the conclusion that this had been a modern day "witch hunt," the
disturbing result of irrational "satanic panic." A movement was born
to rectify an injustice and "Free the West Memphis Three."
o cover! PARADISE LOST II: Revelations
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