still trying to clear there names

[mrC]

theres still trying to clear there names

 

[Willow Knight]

wow, still

 

[sds71]

Arkansas Supreme Court rules for West Memphis Three defendant Damien Echols for additional DNA testing

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of additional DNA testing of West Memphis Three evidence.

www.kark.com

 

[housewife]

I've been looking for updates on the DNA testing, now that the court allows it. If anyone has updates please let us know.

 

[herb4]

Yeah, for the most part, all interest in the case seemed to become almost zero once they got let out and that's a shame.

 

[housewife]

The county really doesn't want to admit that they made mistakes and do not want it to be publicized that they will be proved wrong via DNA. Public pressure is the only thing they respond to.
Horrible. The boys never got justice. And the county still allows the murderer to live a free life all these years, after killing children.
Nobody is afraid of who will be killed next?

 

[mrC]

the really anoting thing is its so obvious who the real killer is and should of been obvious at the time

 

[herb4]

GOOD NEWS!

Articles up: Evidence has been sent to the lab

Evidence in West Memphis Three case sent to lab - Talk Business & Politics

Evidence sent for new DNA testing as West Memphis Three seek exoneration

The three men got a big break last year when the Arkansas Supreme Court approved new DNA testing in their case.

The evidence was recently sent to Bode Laboratories in Virginia for testing — but there’s a catch: the evidence may be destroyed in the process, a possibility the West Memphis Three are aware of.

“It was important to obtain their consent and make sure they understood that if we go forward with the retesting that this could be the end of the road as far as future retesting," Stidham said. "None of them hesitated at all.”

Hairs, ligatures and possibly other evidence collected after three 8-year-old boys were murdered on May 5, 1993 in West Memphis has been sent to Bode Laboratories for advanced DNA testing. One of the three men prosecuted for the crime, Damien Echols, has petitioned the state for almost six years to do the testing.

Echols defense team member Lonnie Soury confirmed to Talk Business & Politics that the items have been sent to the lab, but no timetable for the testing has been released. Attempts by TB&P to contact 2nd Judicial District Prosecutor Sonia Hagood were unsuccessful.

The evidence is expected to be M-Vac DNA or touch DNA tested. M-Vac is a microbiological “vacuum” that can retrieve DNA more precisely than traditional DNA swabbing. The victims in the case – Michael Moore, Christopher Byers and Stevie Branch were “hogtied” ankle-to-wrist with their own shoelaces, and the hope is that the boys’ killer or killers left skin cells in the ligatures when they were tied.

The testing comes after the state has fought vigorously in court for years to prevent the testing. Echols had stated on social media earlier this year that it would be completed by the end of the year, but that timeline is uncertain.

Earlier this year, Echols said he might seek to test evidence in the case that has already been tested, such as the hairs that were DNA tested in 2007, be retested or re-analyzed using modern methods. An unknown allele that was found on one of the victims may also be a candidate for genetic genealogy testing.

 

[herb4]

For the non supporters: does this seem like something three guilty men (who are free now) would ever do?