For the cops to be so tunnell-visioned on this issue with callous disregard for the facts indicates to me that one of their own is implicated. Driver, Gitchell, Fogleman, Bennett; who knows where the corruption ends? Don't let them get away with it. They could target someone you love next.
got long hair plus had my hair dyed black, likes wearin black clothes,got the id of demon312003,& likes listenin to heavy metal/hard rock my fav group of all time was is & always will b is Kiss does that make me a devil worshiper?.........I THINK NOT!!!!!!!!
well... they sould just start a proper new investigation....mean while they should keep those 3 alive till the end of the propoer investigation, after all the core of the case to find sick bastard to did this horrible crime... i feel sad for the 3 boys they suffered too much...
Why is it that when DNA evidence shows someone to be guilty, we still have to have hearings, a trial etc,...but when DNA evidence shows someone to be innocent the genearl attitude is "SET EM FREE, END O' STORY" DNA evidence can be corrupted to falsely show guilt or innocence. You can't poo poo the same method you later swear by.
in my history class we've been studing this and goin through the evidence and stuff...personnally i think john mark buyers hired a black guy(there was a report of a black guy all bloody and stuff near the place the boys were killed) to kill em so he wouldnt get his hands dirty...
Somebody ought to tell the police that you don't make it all good again by getting three new young guys and ruining their lives in retaliation. It doesn't balance out like that, and you are clearly trying to show that you are as if not maybe more evil and the true murderers. What are you jealous of them or something?
I have become obsessed with this situation ever since I seen Paradise Lost on HBO. I am a true Wiccan at heart. I'm currently reading the books on this and it just pisses me off. I wear black, I'm a witch/Wiccan, I perform rituals and I am NOT whatsoever a satanist or perform sacrifices. Wherever they (stupid cops, reporters, the nation, etc.) got the idea that Wiccans are satanists I can't figure out. To all those people-READ UP ON THE FACTS OF WICCA-before you go judging us! Blessed Be
Uhm... is damien still alive? -worries- i hope so... i used to live in arkansas and thought of it as home till.. i heard about this... i know many cops and am friends with them there.. i wanna help... it saddens me when i think of damien... hes innocent... -cries- WE LOVE YOU DAMIEN ECHOLS!!! -cries-
i was at most of the benifit shows and i spoke out know one cares about a little 15 yaer old like me but its up to ppl like henry rollins movie prodocors and other well know ppl if a sci tv show can find some one in another country i real fuckin person could pull up some infor mation.... to talk mor emy aim address s buckmaster906 ..free the memphis 3
this is the worst fucking thing that could ever happen from our "justice" system. FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS 3... why do they look more into the background of John Mark Byers. he is the biggest fuck head in the world (i've been around of alot of stupid idiots) and this guy is the worst. he works for the cops, hes a drug addict(that is paid buy cops), he has a history of abuse, he should just be killed, just like he killed his kid and their friends. i hope you die fucker...
I just wish this never happen. Because of some sick sick sick person out there 3 little boys lost their lives and 3 more are in jail for it. And after all this time are you telling me that our nation can't do a damn thing to set this right? What the hell?!
Every time I think about John Mark Byers... I think
"And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends stolen forth from holy writ
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."
Just because those three people didn't believe in god (automatically means satanists) doesn't mean they did those crimes. It means a man that believes in god is fully capable of committing a crime, but is less likely a suspect because of his religous beliefs. He will seem the saint apposed to the "non-believer".
I worked for USA Today when this story broke in 1993 and never once thought I'd still be following it 15 years later. These boys, excuse me, men have been totally screwed by the system. Come September-October, it'll be proven that they are innocent. It's a shame they can't get financial restitution for their time in prison. They will never be able to live normal lives...ex cons with such a history behind them.
I am from West Memphis and I remember when that happened. Some of the girls who testified in that trial did so just to get attention. Also, Gary Gitchell was my old employer's private investigator... He is a moron! They are innocent and most of the folks in the town know it. At the time this happened, it was like a huge witch hunt!
There has never been a finer example of a travesity of justice than the WM3. Here's hoping that this nightmare is sorted out asap and that Jessie, Damien & Jason are released.
Jesse Miskelly was interogated by the police for several hours without being able to inb=voke his right to counsel and told that if he confessed, he could go home. Keep in mind that Jesse MIskelly has an iq that classifies him as mentally retarded.
coerced confession they interrogated jessie for 12 hours and only taped 46 mins of the whole thing what did they do with the other 11 hours and 15 mins
If not release the West Memphis 3, Re-try them with all available evidence and without the prejudical mis-information that was allowed at trial first time around that shouldn't have been!!!
If you can get a hold of it, read the Writ of Habeas Corpus lodged in the Arkansas Supreme Court by Damien's defence at the end of '07... That makes for some interesting reading and also opens another can of worms as to should prosecutions be launched against members of the jury as well as misconduct charges brought against prosecutors...
i believe these guys are innocent, but theres just no stopping or going against the law my people have tried for centuries and justice cannot be done for us, so just for the hell of it, HANG HIM HIGH
Bottom Line: If the WM3 looked like Opie Taylor from the Andy Griffith show in '92-93, they could have experienced the best 15 yrs of their lives. It's kinda scary to think about it, I use to have long hair and listen to Iron Maiden and Megadeth back in the day - this could've been me...heck this could've been anyone of us who don't look like the stereotypical clean cut male or female in society. Whatever happend to MLK's don't judge a book by it's cover, rather the content of one's character?
I feel ashamed to be a member of the human race, to think that some people could betray our right to Truth and Justice, to play games with others lives and have no real commitment to the boys who died, to bring the truly guilty to justice, to not admit they got it wrong. How dare they call themselves men. To the dectetives who orchestrated this, and jnudge for his lack of character and poor judgement, you have blood on your hands. Shame on you.
You do the math... Theres was nothing connecting the three teens as shown above to the murders, no motive, no weapons, no evidence, no connection found at all... but they were still sentenced... What the hell is this world come to?
On the night his wife found out about his love affair, she told him they would be divorced... she was found dead in her bedroom... Police couldn't determine how she died. While they were searching the house with Melissa, Byers wife... John Mark Byers was stood outside with lover Mandy Beasley...
I remember growing up down the street from the Byers, all of the children I hung with during that period were scared of him. He is a scary, cocaine addled man.
John and Ryan Byers were outside the Truck wash on the first night of searching... Byers is addicted to crack, he beat his wife, and Step-son [Victim] often for leaving toys on the stairs, or not being home when he was. Leaving Chris with scarring.
it was mark myers he did it no questons asked he killed those boys just look up his crime records and then look up theirs thats right they dont have any
Reading the full run down on this case actually made me ill. I've never seen something so perverse as the police who did this and the culture around them. They had no respect for the defendants, kids themselves, and nor for the victims, as the person responsible for their deaths is now free. If the actions and events that led to their grossly wrongful convictions were a joke, it would make a great tragicomic play - Shakespearean in the depth of its madness.
I still have a feeling that byers is tied to this but now That I got the facts straight, I was right that it was a step parent but evidence suspects that it's not the one people thought it was. If marlon brando was still alive he'd say what I'm about to say "Byers is a pimp 'till this day I had no Idea, that it was obbs all along.
I've been following this case for 8 years and see-sawed over whether the WM3 were guilty or not...finally came to the solid answer that they're innocent big time. I've read all the books and own the dvd's & I'm finally buying the t-shirt. Lord, let's get going on a new trial (a real trial this time) and these men will be set free - hopefully with sincere apologies from the people responsible for their incarceration in the first place. Damien, Jason and Jessie need our help.
Just read a news blurb that the DNA results are turning up some interesting things. These 3 will be exonerated and if the heat turns toward Mr. B., he will off himself before he allows himself to be convicted.
Do you know whether the trial will be in Arkansas? I do not think that they can get a fair trial in Crittenden county. Even with the change of venue in Arkansas, the trial was still a joke.
I don't "know" he did it, although the Paradise Lost films and the book Devil's Knot certainly make me suspect him. I do know there is zero evidence that the WM3 did it, and I don't think we need another rush to judgment in this case. Even Mr. Byers is innocent until proven guilty.
God Bless the three boys that were killed and God bless the West Memphis Three. We have six victims in this tragedy, and the sob who caused this is still out there.
Demand Justice Student Panel from the University of Central Arkansas will host a rally in support of Jessie, Jason, and Damien on April 20, 2007 on the Arkansas Capitol steps from noon until 2:00. Y'all come!
I hope the police realize theres actually real muderers out there cause the WM3 are innocent and the guilty ones are still out there
hail666metal1 2 years ago 5
For the cops to be so tunnell-visioned on this issue with callous disregard for the facts indicates to me that one of their own is implicated. Driver, Gitchell, Fogleman, Bennett; who knows where the corruption ends? Don't let them get away with it. They could target someone you love next.
justrandomshit4real 2 years ago 13
got long hair plus had my hair dyed black, likes wearin black clothes,got the id of demon312003,& likes listenin to heavy metal/hard rock my fav group of all time was is & always will b is Kiss does that make me a devil worshiper?.........I THINK NOT!!!!!!!!
demon312003 2 years ago 9
well... they sould just start a proper new investigation....mean while they should keep those 3 alive till the end of the propoer investigation, after all the core of the case to find sick bastard to did this horrible crime... i feel sad for the 3 boys they suffered too much...
vermilionskin 3 years ago 5
land of the free my ass
ardvark505 3 years ago 17
Why is it that when DNA evidence shows someone to be guilty, we still have to have hearings, a trial etc,...but when DNA evidence shows someone to be innocent the genearl attitude is "SET EM FREE, END O' STORY" DNA evidence can be corrupted to falsely show guilt or innocence. You can't poo poo the same method you later swear by.
dave4248 3 years ago
in my history class we've been studing this and goin through the evidence and stuff...personnally i think john mark buyers hired a black guy(there was a report of a black guy all bloody and stuff near the place the boys were killed) to kill em so he wouldnt get his hands dirty...
pooky2010 3 years ago 2
Somebody ought to tell the police that you don't make it all good again by getting three new young guys and ruining their lives in retaliation. It doesn't balance out like that, and you are clearly trying to show that you are as if not maybe more evil and the true murderers. What are you jealous of them or something?
avidalocan 3 years ago 4
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7pretty7 3 years ago
People still believe in satanic cults. Seriously what the fuck?
SeverEnergia 3 years ago 2
I have become obsessed with this situation ever since I seen Paradise Lost on HBO. I am a true Wiccan at heart. I'm currently reading the books on this and it just pisses me off. I wear black, I'm a witch/Wiccan, I perform rituals and I am NOT whatsoever a satanist or perform sacrifices. Wherever they (stupid cops, reporters, the nation, etc.) got the idea that Wiccans are satanists I can't figure out. To all those people-READ UP ON THE FACTS OF WICCA-before you go judging us! Blessed Be
rockinnroad 3 years ago 4
MorphineAngel13 3 years ago 4
i was at most of the benifit shows and i spoke out know one cares about a little 15 yaer old like me but its up to ppl like henry rollins movie prodocors and other well know ppl if a sci tv show can find some one in another country i real fuckin person could pull up some infor mation.... to talk mor emy aim address s buckmaster906 ..free the memphis 3
lilphilthebeastisher 3 years ago
This a sad and scary case..:(how is possible all this years police cannot really say if they did it for sure or not?
It is look like a Alien or a Ghost killed those inocent boys?very sad case.. :^%$#
angeles37 3 years ago 6
They know who did it, they just cannot admit they made a mistake due to the grandeur of the case.
danny54125412 3 years ago
No evidence. None
hempnut 3 years ago
crazy after all big bands etc has done these guys are still inside politics has a lot to anwser for!!!
perfectlyfookedup 3 years ago
this is the worst fucking thing that could ever happen from our "justice" system. FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS 3... why do they look more into the background of John Mark Byers. he is the biggest fuck head in the world (i've been around of alot of stupid idiots) and this guy is the worst. he works for the cops, hes a drug addict(that is paid buy cops), he has a history of abuse, he should just be killed, just like he killed his kid and their friends. i hope you die fucker...
quityourwhinning 3 years ago
man i cant stand this free the wm3 and put hobbs into the chamber
coreyrocsmysocks 3 years ago
I just wish this never happen. Because of some sick sick sick person out there 3 little boys lost their lives and 3 more are in jail for it. And after all this time are you telling me that our nation can't do a damn thing to set this right? What the hell?!
andrea2483b 3 years ago
killer is John Mark Byers
BluntzRUs501 3 years ago 3
Every time I think about John Mark Byers... I think
"And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends stolen forth from holy writ
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."
Just because those three people didn't believe in god (automatically means satanists) doesn't mean they did those crimes. It means a man that believes in god is fully capable of committing a crime, but is less likely a suspect because of his religous beliefs. He will seem the saint apposed to the "non-believer".
ProEdit7x 3 years ago
thats what thought too. guess we will never know
slayer6464 3 years ago
Agreed.
yummyache 3 years ago
it was probably hobbs and his friend. the dna linked to the case
buckiemohawk 3 years ago 8
These three men deserve a fucking monument.
theman66613 3 years ago
I worked for USA Today when this story broke in 1993 and never once thought I'd still be following it 15 years later. These boys, excuse me, men have been totally screwed by the system. Come September-October, it'll be proven that they are innocent. It's a shame they can't get financial restitution for their time in prison. They will never be able to live normal lives...ex cons with such a history behind them.
LovinUSA 3 years ago 12
I was hoping they would be proven innocent too, but apparently the judge denied a new trial with the DNA results. Real fair system huh?
Ravok 3 years ago 2
I Aplaud This Video :D
plopperd 3 years ago 4
Free them now!! no more unfair pain for them.
hetfieldavid 3 years ago 32
ill do whatever i can to get these guys out
coreyrocsmysocks 3 years ago 8
I am a life-long Arkansan and I can assure you that the West Memphis Police Department is very, very corrupt.
bjoh249 3 years ago 48
I think we all know who is the guilty one here!!!!!! FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE..... All the way from OZ...
jods76 3 years ago 2
I am from West Memphis and I remember when that happened. Some of the girls who testified in that trial did so just to get attention. Also, Gary Gitchell was my old employer's private investigator... He is a moron! They are innocent and most of the folks in the town know it. At the time this happened, it was like a huge witch hunt!
jennyla5 3 years ago 3
There has never been a finer example of a travesity of justice than the WM3. Here's hoping that this nightmare is sorted out asap and that Jessie, Damien & Jason are released.
thatgirl1269 3 years ago 4
FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE!
somekindofmonster4 3 years ago 7
so the only reason they got arrested was cuz of the confession?
dbscott25 3 years ago 2
Jesse Miskelly was interogated by the police for several hours without being able to inb=voke his right to counsel and told that if he confessed, he could go home. Keep in mind that Jesse MIskelly has an iq that classifies him as mentally retarded.
jennyla5 3 years ago 4
coerced confession they interrogated jessie for 12 hours and only taped 46 mins of the whole thing what did they do with the other 11 hours and 15 mins
musicismyrelease 3 years ago 8
If not release the West Memphis 3, Re-try them with all available evidence and without the prejudical mis-information that was allowed at trial first time around that shouldn't have been!!!
...and Justice for All
Crusader131076 3 years ago 7
If you can get a hold of it, read the Writ of Habeas Corpus lodged in the Arkansas Supreme Court by Damien's defence at the end of '07... That makes for some interesting reading and also opens another can of worms as to should prosecutions be launched against members of the jury as well as misconduct charges brought against prosecutors...
Crusader131076 3 years ago 2
i believe these guys are innocent, but theres just no stopping or going against the law my people have tried for centuries and justice cannot be done for us, so just for the hell of it, HANG HIM HIGH
aldolowe 3 years ago 2
This is a sad story, very sad. Nice song by the way.
MetallicaTenerife 3 years ago
Bottom Line: If the WM3 looked like Opie Taylor from the Andy Griffith show in '92-93, they could have experienced the best 15 yrs of their lives. It's kinda scary to think about it, I use to have long hair and listen to Iron Maiden and Megadeth back in the day - this could've been me...heck this could've been anyone of us who don't look like the stereotypical clean cut male or female in society. Whatever happend to MLK's don't judge a book by it's cover, rather the content of one's character?
ffxisthebest 4 years ago 6
I feel ashamed to be a member of the human race, to think that some people could betray our right to Truth and Justice, to play games with others lives and have no real commitment to the boys who died, to bring the truly guilty to justice, to not admit they got it wrong. How dare they call themselves men. To the dectetives who orchestrated this, and jnudge for his lack of character and poor judgement, you have blood on your hands. Shame on you.
seawitch4 4 years ago 12
You do the math... Theres was nothing connecting the three teens as shown above to the murders, no motive, no weapons, no evidence, no connection found at all... but they were still sentenced... What the hell is this world come to?
FREE THE THREE FFS!
JynxieBunny 4 years ago 9
On the night his wife found out about his love affair, she told him they would be divorced... she was found dead in her bedroom... Police couldn't determine how she died. While they were searching the house with Melissa, Byers wife... John Mark Byers was stood outside with lover Mandy Beasley...
JynxieBunny 4 years ago 3
I remember growing up down the street from the Byers, all of the children I hung with during that period were scared of him. He is a scary, cocaine addled man.
jennyla5 3 years ago 9
He also beat his wife left her with bruises.
He's threatened to kill on many occasions, if a member of GFBD [God Forgives Brotherhood Doesn't]. He's an addict.
JynxieBunny 4 years ago 2
John and Ryan Byers were outside the Truck wash on the first night of searching... Byers is addicted to crack, he beat his wife, and Step-son [Victim] often for leaving toys on the stairs, or not being home when he was. Leaving Chris with scarring.
JynxieBunny 4 years ago 2
I thought byers had done it too but new DNA clears him and has put Terry Hobbs in the frame who was the dtep father of stevie branch.
andrew4862 4 years ago
this is so unreal, I just can't believe it... it's so wrong :( how could this happen???
sjastie 4 years ago 2
it was mark myers he did it no questons asked he killed those boys just look up his crime records and then look up theirs thats right they dont have any
charlieantonino 4 years ago 2
excellent job five stars. free the WM3. Byers did it no doubt in my mind. anyone with half a brain knows that creepy motherfucker is suspect.
YogShoggotha 4 years ago 2
Its such a horrible situation!! Our Juidicial system is so fuckin wack!
Rollingtides87 4 years ago 3
Lets bring these boys home. NOW!!
debwood13 4 years ago 3
Reading the full run down on this case actually made me ill. I've never seen something so perverse as the police who did this and the culture around them. They had no respect for the defendants, kids themselves, and nor for the victims, as the person responsible for their deaths is now free. If the actions and events that led to their grossly wrongful convictions were a joke, it would make a great tragicomic play - Shakespearean in the depth of its madness.
avidalocan 4 years ago 4
So, Mike Huckabee would free an obvious rapist like Wayne Dumond (who went out to rape AND murder), but he won't lift a finger to free the WM3?
mhirtes12 4 years ago 2
I still have a feeling that byers is tied to this but now That I got the facts straight, I was right that it was a step parent but evidence suspects that it's not the one people thought it was. If marlon brando was still alive he'd say what I'm about to say "Byers is a pimp 'till this day I had no Idea, that it was obbs all along.
Shanethefilmmaker 4 years ago 2
I've been following this case for 8 years and see-sawed over whether the WM3 were guilty or not...finally came to the solid answer that they're innocent big time. I've read all the books and own the dvd's & I'm finally buying the t-shirt. Lord, let's get going on a new trial (a real trial this time) and these men will be set free - hopefully with sincere apologies from the people responsible for their incarceration in the first place. Damien, Jason and Jessie need our help.
trukrboy 4 years ago 4
great vid.
wahlpage 4 years ago 5
Just read a news blurb that the DNA results are turning up some interesting things. These 3 will be exonerated and if the heat turns toward Mr. B., he will off himself before he allows himself to be convicted.
professorgreibowitz 4 years ago 4
um...my mother JUST called me and said that they are going to get a new trial!! yay!
ksnug87 4 years ago 4
Do you know whether the trial will be in Arkansas? I do not think that they can get a fair trial in Crittenden county. Even with the change of venue in Arkansas, the trial was still a joke.
jennyla5 3 years ago 5
Jessie, Jason, Damien I hope the justice system comes to it's senses so you guys can go home. John Mark Byers, go to hell you sick fuck.
Shanethefilmmaker 4 years ago 5
thire needs to be more support.
sometimes its eaiser to belive blood thirty satanists were out murdering children
~Damien Echols
Macgyver222Graves 4 years ago 3
Season 5 of Cold Case takes these muders and made it into a episode.
deedee1226 4 years ago
John Mark Byers, we know you did this.
Shanethefilmmaker 4 years ago 2
I don't "know" he did it, although the Paradise Lost films and the book Devil's Knot certainly make me suspect him. I do know there is zero evidence that the WM3 did it, and I don't think we need another rush to judgment in this case. Even Mr. Byers is innocent until proven guilty.
jenkinscrowe 4 years ago 4
innocent till proven guilty didn't keep the 3 out of jail.
Shanethefilmmaker 4 years ago 3
Even though the jena 6 case is really messed up the WM3 actually didnt do anything so you cant compare them
easywillie 4 years ago 2
Compare the WM3 to the Jena 6.
tonebonetone 4 years ago 2
Great Video - keep spreading the word.
Got a support page on Bebo called free the west memphis three <sharonp88>
justice4wm3 4 years ago 3
God Bless the three boys that were killed and God bless the West Memphis Three. We have six victims in this tragedy, and the sob who caused this is still out there.
Priceless2001 4 years ago 6
The justice system itself is also a victim.
HabsRule92Remy92 4 years ago 3
yeah, that day, Justice herself was stabbed in the back and the killer's still at large.
Shanethefilmmaker 4 years ago 3
Great video. Keep up the good work
HomegirlCasper 4 years ago
Metallica;ironic.
enaseralla 4 years ago
Not ironic, fitting.
professorgreibowitz 4 years ago
nice job. good cause. y'all come to the arkansas state capitol steps at noon on 4/20 to rally for the wm3.
tanibooboo 4 years ago
4/20 Rally on the LR Capitol Steps for WM3
tanibooboo 4 years ago
Demand Justice Student Panel from the University of Central Arkansas will host a rally in support of Jessie, Jason, and Damien on April 20, 2007 on the Arkansas Capitol steps from noon until 2:00. Y'all come!
tanibooboo 4 years ago
4/20 Rally on the LR Capitol Steps for WM3
tanibooboo 4 years ago