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They faced many roadblocks from the state to get finally get to this point.We're more than 14 years since the WM3 were released by agreeing to an Alford Plea, more than 14 years since exculpatory evidence was promised. This is a fact. Soooo...?
In his search for exoneration, Echols has petitioned the state of Arkansas to get advanced DNA testing done on evidence that West Memphis police at one point said was lost. After more than five years of petitioning, that evidence has been sent off for new DNA testing.
Evidence sent for new DNA testing as West Memphis Three seek exoneration
Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin were convicted in 1994 for the murders of three little boys in West Memphis — but in the years since, many h