Paradise Lost While watching the HBO Documentary “Paradise Lost”‚ I saw the horrific murder cases of three second grade boys at West Memphis Arkansas. The suspected murderers were Jessie Misskelley‚ Jr.‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Damien Echols‚ their ages were seventeen‚ sixteen‚ and eighteen. As a motive for the murders the prosecution believed they were performed as a satanic ritual. After an intense trial each of the teenagers were found guilty by the jury‚ although there was a fairly large lack
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On May 6‚ 1993‚ three eight year old boys were found savagely murdered in West Memphis Arkansas. The investigation lacks hard evidence and a suspect‚ and the police automatically turn their focus on Satanism. Unfortunately‚ three teenage boys became the prime suspects: Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley. Because they wore black and listened to hard rock music‚ they were outcasts. With nothing but circumstantial evidence mounted upon these teenage boys‚ the community lets a "Satanic
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In 2011‚ the West Memphis Three “were released after being resentenced to [time served] (Shargel‚ 2011).” Echols had convinced the state Supreme Court to an evidentiary hearing for the new and old evidence found within the case. The three men were given the choice of an Alford Plea. They were allowed to claim their innocence‚ but had to plead guilty as a part of their plea bargaining. If the men chose the Alford Plea they would be set free and Damien Echols would get off death row. In August of 2011
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In May of 1993‚ West Memphis‚ Arkansas was hit with a horrific tragedy: a triple homicide. The three victims were Chris Byers‚ Michael Moore‚ and Stevie Branch. All three boys were just eight years-old. People in the community were distraught‚ and some even referred to West Memphis as "Hell". After about a month‚ investigators soon came to the conclusion that three teens‚ Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley Jr.‚ were the killers. In 1996‚ HBO released a documentary‚ Paradise Lost:
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The West Memphis Three I sit in a crowded court room. I am a juror in the case of the State vs. Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin. Everyone in the country has heard about the West Memphis Three. The murders of Steven Branch‚ Christopher Byers‚ and Michael Moore took place on May 5‚ 1993 in Robin Hood Hill West Memphis‚ Arkansas.(West Memphis 3) They have been headline news for over a year now. I already have an idea of what I think happened before I have even heard one word from either side
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Copeland killers Would you think that two people old enough to be grandparents would be murders? In this case‚ they are murders Ray and Faye Copeland have murdered people and have kept their victims clothing to make a blanket out of them. As far as the motive is concerned‚ I would say that it has to do with the choice theory on how the main motive is criminal enterprise to just use the Drifters as long as they were needed and then get rid of them for good. Ray was born in 1914 in Harrison Arkansas;
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Wrongly Accused Who was wrongly accused when the trials of Tom Robison took place back in the 1930s? I will present some facts and quotes from informational sources that will prove how people are really the ones to blame. To discuss who or what was wrongly accused? Is to get to the bottom and find the evidence base on facts. Highlighting 2 informational articles‚ and the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee in chapter 20 of Atticus speech of what the jury should do. Let’s start with Atticus’s
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West Memphis 3: Wrongfully Accused? On May 5th‚ 1993 three eight year old boys were reported missing in West Memphis‚ Arkansas. The boys were found the next day‚ hog tied in a wooded area called “Robin Hood Hills”. After the case had been “thoroughly” investigated‚ the West Memphis Police announced on the news that they had found the murderers‚ pointing fingers at Damien Echols‚ Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin‚ three teenagers who were different from the norm in West Memphis‚ making it easy
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The theory that can be applied to the West Memphis Three case is the Symbolic Interaction theory because this based entirely on the signs of how the Memphis Three were portrayed. “The symbolic-interaction theory holds that people communicate via symbols-gestures‚ signs‚ words‚ or images- that stand for or represent something else” (Siegel‚ Ch. 7-4). According to the video‚ Damien Echols was seen as Satanist because of his gothic style‚ looks and attitude. “He had all of the accoutrements of someone
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narrowed the highest level of obesity to the city of Memphis‚ TN (Memphis Business Journal‚ 2012). While Memphis is known for its barbeque‚ the expense is at the weight of its citizens as noted by Newsweek. According to the article in Memphis Business Journal‚ nearly 30 percent of Memphians (adults) are obese. While 12.4 have diabetes and only y 51.7 percent exercise regularly. However‚ that number of exercisers and dieters are increasing in Memphis. Memphians have begun to forge a war against obesity
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