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This book broke my heart. So sad reading about the injustices these poor boys went through. A very well written piece of investigative journalism.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Free the West Memphis Three” was the crux of my knowledge going in. I had an exceptionally hard time during the brutal, but necessary, descriptions of the murdered boys. They were around my sons‘ ages. Honoring their memory kept me listening. This case is truly bananas. Accusations of devil worship and sacrifice, police coercion, and 3 West Memphis teens who went to prison on vague circumstantial evidence. Did they do it? Or no?

🎧🐾 NYE walk with my happy boy!

Thanks for this book rec @adnama82 - aside from “Free the West Memphis Three,” I know nothing about the details of this case.

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I decided to bail on this. Last night I did go and listen to Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad‘s episode on this case and even though it was relatively short…in about an hour and half I learned enough about the case to know this book was not doing it justice.

I do still want to find a good book about this case. I do have a few more podcasts on this case to listen to and fortunately I‘m sure there are other books out there.

2021 was mostly a shit year, but reading wise…it was fantastic. This one book though, I typically have no trouble DNFing a book, but I just can‘t with this book.

I‘m thinking that maybe I should put it aside (again), and listen to a podcast about the West Memphis Three first.

I am posting one book per day from my extensive collection. No description. No explanation. Some will be old. Some will be new. Don't judge me. I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.

This is day 5

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This book is very detailed and a bit . . . Dry. She did a great job with the information. I dislike legal thrillers as novels so this one was a bit hard for me to get through. I liked it though.

I've been doing research for my true crime group for the past 2 days and my hand huuuuuurts

The prejudices and presiding fears of small town america- very interesting

This book was definitely extremely well researched and comprehensive. She included so many facts about the case and the surrounding evidence. She also stayed very comfortably in the middle, not letting opinion take over in her writing. I felt like she ended this well with the facts and nothing less even though this case is so controversial.

This was actually a re-read for me. I had read the physical copy a few years ago, but recently listened to a #TrueCrime podcast that went over the case and it made me want to revisit West Memphis and hear the author's take on the trials again. While she seems to be slightly biased against John Mark Byers and leans heavily towards placing the blame on him (and he IS admittedly a loathsome person), I feel like the book offers great explanations

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The #DarkArts were suspected in the brutal murders of three young boys in West Memphis Arkansas. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley were accused of being in a Satanic Cult, coerced (Misskelley) into a confession, basically denied their rights to a fair trial, and found guilty. What really happened that day?

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Thank you so much @collegecatlady for all my goodies! I can‘t wait to dive into these books! She included a book from an author where she is from as well, which is so cool! Thank you so much again! #itstrulycriminalswap @JenlovesJT47

A very good book, which follows the case of the West Memphis Three from the crime, through the trials and some appeals. I would love if the author had done a proper update on the more recent developments in the case - as it is, it‘s just a single page update from 2011 at the very end.

I‘m in my 22 hour of reading this weekend, and with another book down, decided some true crime would be a good way to finish. Morrigan agrees. ☠️

#24in48

There is so much in this book that just made me angry. I have recommended it to anyone interested in crime shows, books, or stories. Basically, there are these three teens that are accused of murdering three little boys. They end up being convicted of murder, despite a lack of evidence. It is a terrible show of what can happen when police do not do their job properly.

When your mom comes to visit for a long weekend, and knows exactly what to bring with her. 😍

#SEEWHATIHAVEWON

A great true crime book, and the memoir by Damien Echols. Plus, a sleepy kitty. 😻

#LyricalApril #True

I first learned about this story from the HBO documentary when I was in college, and I followed the West Memphis Three until they were all finally released. Such a sad, scary miscarriage of justice.

Day 22 of #augustphotochallenge

This may be a slightly different definition of #innocence but the story of the horrible miscarriage of justice in Arkansas and the West Memphis Three has interested me since college.