West Memphis 3

The West Memphis 3 were three people tried and convicted for triple homicide in the 1993 murders of three children in the Robin Hood Hills in West Memphis, Arkansas in the United States.

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Homicide - 1993 - Robin Hood Hills - West Memphis - Arkansas - United States

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The case has received considerable attention, and many critics charge that the arrests and convictions were a miscarriage of justice inspired by a misguided moral panic, and that the defendants were wrongfully convicted,

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Miscarriage of justice - Moral panic - Wrongfully convicted

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Damien Echols, the alleged ringleader, was sentenced to death; Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin were sentenced to life in prison.

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Damien Echols - Sentenced to death - Jessie Misskelley - Jason Baldwin

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