Arkansas Times Articles


1993
6-24-93 Can't Shake The Shock

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The Devil on Trial: Some concluding thoughts on the state's most notorious murder case
Witch on Death Row: Damien Echols contends his only crime was being different
Opinion: Documentary examines Arkansas witch trials
John Grisham, meet Dan Stidham: Fiction pales against a Paragould lawyer's real life trial in a triple child slaying
Fame and Damien: A powerful documentary focuses critical attention on the West Memphis Three

1997
12-26-97 The Strange Demise of Melissa Byers: The mother of one of the three boys murdered in West Memphis died, but investigators have yet to figure out how

2000
3-24-00 Kids, Cops and Confessions: If you're under 18 in Arkansas, you can't buy a beer, a cigarette or a Playboy, but you can waive your constitutional rights
3-31-00 The Silence of the Governor: 'Paradise Lost' stirs dispute
4-21-00 Hear No Evil: Musicians rock for closer look at West Memphis murder case

2002
10-4-02 Devilish Questions: Nine years later, a reporter is still searching for important answers about medical evidence in the notorious West Memphis murders
10-4-02 'Medically Defeated': After a victim's mother dies, the ME admits he's stymied
10-4-02 The Facts of a Dark Fairy Tale: Leveritt illuminates the case of the West Memphis Three

2003
9-12-03 Ryder to the Rescue: Winona headlines celebs at art show for West Memphis Three

2004
1-9-04 The Architect and the Inmate: Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
10-7-04 Complete Fabrication: A crucial witness says her testimony in the West Memphis Three case wasn't true, but a product of police pressure to get results in the death of three children
10-7-04 What I Did Was Wrong: The evolution of a critical story
10-7-04 They Messed with My Words: Today, Aaron Hutcheson isn't sure what he saw

2005
7-21-05 WM3 - Murder case draws musicians to cause

2006
3-30-06 A protest of innocence

2007
7-6-07 'Dear Governor Huckabee' - Letters from around the world support convicted killers
7-19-07 New evidence in West Memphis murders: Victim's mother believes defendants innocent
12-27-07 Where the sun doesn’t shine - A Death Row interview with Damien Echols

2008
7-17-08 Court jockeying begins