suspected to be by three teenage boys. The suspected teens that supposedly committed the murders were Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley. All three of these boys fit the description of who murdered the three boys.(1) Later the three teenaged boys were arrested by police for murdering these three eight year old boys. The teenagers were sentenced to life in prison‚ all except Damien Echols‚ he had a death sentence. He was the only one out of the three to be ordered a death sentence because
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Damien Steven Hirst[1] (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist‚ entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent[2] member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs)‚ who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s.[3] He is internationally renowned‚[4] and is reportedly Britain’s richest living artist‚ with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List.[5][6] During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi‚ but increasing
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now known as the West Memphis Three. Two of these boys‚ Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley‚ were put in extremely different circumstances that if switched‚ could have decided the fate of the case. If a testimony cannot be proven accurate or is not obtained by ethical means then it should not be accredited until proven otherwise. Damien Echols was an 18-year old boy from West-Memphis‚ Arkansas that was different than other kids his age. Damien had‚ what experts would later call‚ an interest in the
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The West Memphis Three were guilty. That’s the truth. On May 5‚ 1993‚ Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley (ages 18‚ 16 & 17 at the time) killed Michael Moore‚ Steve Branch and Christopher Byers (all age 8). They beat them with fists‚ then beat them sticks‚ hogtied them‚ sexually assaulted them‚ tortured Branch and Byers with a knife‚ cut off Byers’ genitals‚ then dumped their bodies in a ditch. The killers were arrested a month later and convicted in early 1994. Thousands of people
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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 Panic" outweigh the facts
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suspect what advantage is to be gained or is likely from making a confession. When the officer provided special treatment to the defendant‚ he destroyed the voluntary nature of the confession in the eyes of the law. Misskelley refused to testify against Echols and Baldwin even though he was offered a deal in reduction time in his jail sentence. Misskelley was interrogated for 12 hours without his parents or an attorney present during this. Jessie Misskelley had a low IQ score of 72 indicating that he
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the 1690s. The trials were held for the many men and women who were accused of performing witchcraft; those who did not confess to witchery were hung while those who did confess faced only jail time. Almost 300 years later‚ three teenage boys‚ Damien Echols‚ Jessie Misskelley‚ and Jason Baldwin‚ were accused for murdering three eight-year old boys as part of a satanic sacrifice in 1993 (Source E). Although the Salem Witch Trials took place many years before the West Memphis Three case‚ both events
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Religion Essay- Damien of Molokai Religious identity is derived from a chosen person’s personal faith that they see themselves as in the eyes of God- the meaning of their life. Religious purpose is how the chosen person lives their faith and how they put their faith into action. It is what the person has recognised as their purpose in life. Social justice is the awareness that the world has entered on a phase of social existence with potential for the greater good. This is evident in the teachings
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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: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills‚ following the case. It was directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. The documentary featured
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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 of evidence. The prosecution was under a great amount of stress from the community and others to find the ones responsible. Damien Echols was given the death penalty‚ Jessie Misskelley
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