The Nightmare of the West Memphis Three
Three boys falsely accused of murder, and what the twenty-year saga says about all of us.
Three boys falsely accused of murder, and what the twenty-year saga says about all of us.
Nathaniel Rich New York Review of Books Apr 2013 20min Permalink
The West Memphis Three, teenagers who were convicted in 1993 of brutal killings that they certainly did not commit on the basis of local gossip that they were satanists (as evidenced by Metallica fandom), suddenly found themselves released this summer after over 17 years in prison. But what life awaited them?
Sean Flynn GQ Dec 2011 30min Permalink