New evidence for the defense has appeared in the long-fought case of the West Memphis 3. The defense team offered evidence that the 1994 crime scene contained no DNA belonging to any of the accused (one of whom, Echols, remains on death row). Additionally.
the mutilation was actually the work of animals and at least one person other than the defendants may have been present at the crime scene.
This case is a notorious one, where signs of the Gothic culture counted as evidence towards murder convictions. The Wikipedia entry is a good start, as is the fascinating 1996 film Paradise Lost.
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