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Damien Echols

Former death row prisoner in Arkansas, freed in 2011. He was one of the West Memphis Three, the young men in West Memphis, Arkansas, who were imprisoned for the 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old boys after an investigation largely fueled by unsubstantiated rumors of a Satanic ritual. This weekend, Echols traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protest the state’s plan to execute inmates in rapid succession.

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Legal Chaos in Arkansas as Judges Halt State Plan to Carry Out Unprecedented Spate of Executions

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Former Arkansas Death Row Inmate Damien Echols Calls on State to Halt Plans to Kill 8 Men This Month

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West Memphis 3: Freed Death Row Prisoner Makes Film about 18-Year Battle to Prove His Innocence

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