From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) in collaboration with the multiple Academy Award® winning team of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, West Of Memphis tells the untold story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to stop the State of Arkansas from killing an innocent man. Told and produced by those who lived it, Damien Echols and Lorri Davis, the film uncovers new evidence surrounding the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, and exposes the wrongful conviction of three teenagers who lost 18 years of their lives imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the Unitedstatian South.
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In Arkansas The State Forensic Labs Work For The Prosecution…Not for The Truth!Thank goodness for the outside help. If, in the state of Arkansas the state forensics labs are only allowed to be on the side that finds people guilty…that means they have a vested interest in finding people guilty. That means Prosecutors who are trying to climb the ladder and make a name for themselves by finding people guilty, have a system set up to make them look good and right, whether it is true OR NOT. How many other people are in those Arkansas prisons who are innocent? And this film also makes it clear that from the judges on down, no matter how obvious it is that they have an innocent man in prison, do not ever want to reverse a judgement and admit someone is innocent, because of the civil law suits that would follow. In the end the judges and officials who sent these boys away knowing they were innocent, only agreed to let them free because the defense attorneys used an antiquated law that makes it so the innocent boys who did 18 years in prison can never sue anyone for what they did to them. Shame Shame Shame. Thank you so much for this film. That prosecutor, his legal team, their sham medical expert, the judge, and the cops who manipulated a retarded boy into confessing a bizarre story that the top medical experts in the country later refuted, are the actual people who belong in that prison..Score: 5/5
Great summary of Elected Officials poor performance!Horrible tragedy... Two fold! Why can't the State say: Okay, we f*cked up! We got it wrong! We'll start again! OH! WAIT! We're government! We're infallible! Take this plea so we can hide behind it!!! Phooey ! ! ! Still a great film! ...and a great summary ( ...of watching little town men trying to wear big city clothes ).Score: 4/5
AmazingI cannot believe there are people who STILL believe these people are guilty. After all, the DNA evidence exonerated them and implicated Terry Hobbs instead. Anyhow. First of all, I was so excited for this to come out. I have followed the case for the past few years (it started when I was 6 years old) and it floors me that people have allowed these young men to suffer because a state does not want to admit they made a mistake. If you watched Paradise Lost: Purgatory, this goes into even MORE depth about the implcation of Terry, the new evidence. Mainly, I loved watching Jason, Jessie and Damien move around the world once they got out. For the people who say "they pleaded" guilty, you need to read up on what an Alford Plea is. It means you plead guilty to time served while MAINTAINING your innocence. Jason wanted to fight the rest of his life behind bars never admitting guilt of any kind, even the Alford Plea but his friendship with Damien was so strong, he entered anyhow. Even Damien did not want to accept but as he states, he believed he was going to die in there with his depleting health. All in all, thank you for this wonderful documentary and I really hope the case continues to scope out and find true justice for thos elittle boys. They deserve it. As Damien said, this wasn't just about the WM3, it was about the victims and their families that never got an ounce of closure..Score: 5/5
This isOne of the best and sadist docs I've ever watched. I've followed the story from the start. And I will say that this movie gives a wonderful look on the end of a very bad and unlawful case. I pray the REAL KILLER is brought to justice and punished but not put to death because first I don't believe we have that right to put someone to death but death would be too easy for who ever it is. As we have learned from this case jail is very hard and dangerous so them/him that killed these babies should have to fight for their lives for the rest of their lives. In the end this was a fantastic doc and more should rate how good it is..Score: 5/5
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