Hey Guys,
Haven't posted about this case for a long time, but wanted to let you guys know that if you get HBO, all three West Memphis Three Specials are on HBO on Demand. I watched Part 1; Paradise Lost last night to revisit the case, and plan to watch the next two specials in the coming days:
This case really makes you think about how the strong "Bible-Thumping beliefs of a small town community can influence public opinion from the start, In my view regardless of where the venue was in Arkansas, no way those defendants were ever going to get a fair trial, regardless of guilt or innocence. The media, the DA, the community, the prosecutor knew that there was going to be a conviction. This was the beliefs of Little House on the Prairie and The Walton's communities ten-fold, Everything good was God. Anything bad or viewed differently was Satanic.
1.) I have questions on both sides that I don't think will ever be known. I think Mark Byers is a complete nut-case. He sends shivers down my spine. He looks weird, acts weird, everything about him frightens me. I think Damien Echols is more normal than MB.
2.) We know that Terry Hobbs and Mark Byers had abusive pasts in their families even with regards to raising the kids. It is criminal that that history was ignored by LE. Both of these men had the potential to commit murder far more than those three teens.
3.) I don't trust Damian either, but I don't see any forensic evidence linking him to murder. How do we know that the knife and the necklace were not planted by LE? The whole prosecutions' case was a dog and pony circus-act, wit leading questions for the jury that never should been admissible by the judge if he would have been fair and impartial.
4.) I am not suggesting that the WM3 are innocent, but did you know that there was ANOTHER Jason Baldwin than hung around with Damian Echols that weighed about 200 pounds? I have always wanted to find out more about him. The Jason Baldwin that we know, is too small in size and stature to have done this.
5.) Jessie Misskelley is taller and bigger, but because of his low IQ would not be capable of doing this crime. If Damian pulled this off, he had two different accomplices involved. It is more likely that someone like Byers or Hobbs, (and that friend of TH who's name escapes me had something to do with this.)
6.) You would have to have three grown men or very heavy set boys (at least three) to pull this off and not get caught. All the blood was washed away. This suggest that the little boys were killed somewhere else and their bodies were dumped in the creek ditch.
7.) Why did MB give the HBO production crew a knife when Paradise Lost was being filmed? I think he said it was a "gift." Another strange move by a strange man.
8.) We have instances of the defendants changing their story and Damian lying, but so for that matter did LE and the prosecution. Especially implying that Wicca was related to devil-worship. It is not. They study witchcraft, magic, and sorcery. But my understanding is that Wiccan's do not go around hurting or killing people. They would be severely reprimanded for doing that. Wiccan is more about magic and mystery and the study of nature and the Earth. Wicca's like to give back to society, to replenish and grow. They learn from experience.
9.) Terry Hobbs refusing a polygraph is not good at all.
Based on all of this, I would be forced to acquit the WM3 in a new trial, because there is too much reasonable doubt. I read that in 2007, new DNA findings showed no evidence of the defendants DNA on the victim's bodies. If the defendants were guilty, some of their DNA would be there.
Satch
Haven't posted about this case for a long time, but wanted to let you guys know that if you get HBO, all three West Memphis Three Specials are on HBO on Demand. I watched Part 1; Paradise Lost last night to revisit the case, and plan to watch the next two specials in the coming days:
This case really makes you think about how the strong "Bible-Thumping beliefs of a small town community can influence public opinion from the start, In my view regardless of where the venue was in Arkansas, no way those defendants were ever going to get a fair trial, regardless of guilt or innocence. The media, the DA, the community, the prosecutor knew that there was going to be a conviction. This was the beliefs of Little House on the Prairie and The Walton's communities ten-fold, Everything good was God. Anything bad or viewed differently was Satanic.
1.) I have questions on both sides that I don't think will ever be known. I think Mark Byers is a complete nut-case. He sends shivers down my spine. He looks weird, acts weird, everything about him frightens me. I think Damien Echols is more normal than MB.
2.) We know that Terry Hobbs and Mark Byers had abusive pasts in their families even with regards to raising the kids. It is criminal that that history was ignored by LE. Both of these men had the potential to commit murder far more than those three teens.
3.) I don't trust Damian either, but I don't see any forensic evidence linking him to murder. How do we know that the knife and the necklace were not planted by LE? The whole prosecutions' case was a dog and pony circus-act, wit leading questions for the jury that never should been admissible by the judge if he would have been fair and impartial.
4.) I am not suggesting that the WM3 are innocent, but did you know that there was ANOTHER Jason Baldwin than hung around with Damian Echols that weighed about 200 pounds? I have always wanted to find out more about him. The Jason Baldwin that we know, is too small in size and stature to have done this.
5.) Jessie Misskelley is taller and bigger, but because of his low IQ would not be capable of doing this crime. If Damian pulled this off, he had two different accomplices involved. It is more likely that someone like Byers or Hobbs, (and that friend of TH who's name escapes me had something to do with this.)
6.) You would have to have three grown men or very heavy set boys (at least three) to pull this off and not get caught. All the blood was washed away. This suggest that the little boys were killed somewhere else and their bodies were dumped in the creek ditch.
7.) Why did MB give the HBO production crew a knife when Paradise Lost was being filmed? I think he said it was a "gift." Another strange move by a strange man.
8.) We have instances of the defendants changing their story and Damian lying, but so for that matter did LE and the prosecution. Especially implying that Wicca was related to devil-worship. It is not. They study witchcraft, magic, and sorcery. But my understanding is that Wiccan's do not go around hurting or killing people. They would be severely reprimanded for doing that. Wiccan is more about magic and mystery and the study of nature and the Earth. Wicca's like to give back to society, to replenish and grow. They learn from experience.
9.) Terry Hobbs refusing a polygraph is not good at all.
Based on all of this, I would be forced to acquit the WM3 in a new trial, because there is too much reasonable doubt. I read that in 2007, new DNA findings showed no evidence of the defendants DNA on the victim's bodies. If the defendants were guilty, some of their DNA would be there.
Satch