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    weapons were found anywhere around the area. The day after the bodies were discovered, Damien Echols was questioned. A juvenile probation officer was on scene when the three bodies were discovered in “The Robin Hood Hills”. The officer said he had been following the actions of Damien Echols, a local student, stating that it was possible that he could be responsible for the act.(Sauls) After hearing about Damien, the police drew the idea that the crime could be related to Satanistic rituals or…

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    All across the United States and all throughout history our judicial system has been terrible. Trials that stand out are very similar, they don’t have reasonable doubt, they all have a bias against the defendant to begin with, and the judicial system doesn’t want to look bad. The witch trials are a great example and one of the oldest to happen in the colonial era, but it was still in America. The West Memphis three is another great example of the judicial system being corrupt. Even though these…

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    Vicki soon reported to officials that she’d gone with Damien and Jessie to an esbat, a devil-worshipping orgy in a field, where she witnessed about 10 youth, with faces and arms painted black, stripping and “touching each other”. Ultimately police brought in Jessie Misskelley for examination concerning the…

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    In Missouri the year of 1993, 17 year old Christopher Simmons and two friends Charles benjamin and John Tessmer planned to murder Shirley Crook. The friends planned to commit a burglary and murder by breaking and entering, they were going to tie up the victim. The boys met up during the night but Tessmer dropped out of the plan, Simmons and Benjamin proceeded with the plan and broke into Mrs.Crooks home and bounded her hands and covered her eyes, they then drove her to the state park and threw…

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    Hills (1996) takes an insider look surrounding the trials of three teens who were accused of brutally murdering and sexually assaulting three eight year old boys in the Bible Belt town of West Memphis, Arkansas. The accused, Jessie Misskelley Jr., Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin would…

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    While there are many of people that are in prison for something they did and they deserve to be in prison, there are also probably just as many in prison for crimes they didn’t commit and are now serving time for. The case that usually comes to mind with a lot of people is the West Memphis three. This story was a gigantic topic when it first hit TV and newsstands. There is another case almost exactly like West Memphis three called the Central Park Five. Both stories prove that innocent people go…

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    West Of Memphis Summary

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    taught to be honest a helpful and obviously treat people with respect, but I was taught that the authorities should also have the same morals. By doing so it causes a rejected reading as I disagree with the actions of Assistant Prosecutor Fogelman, and Damien Echols as I cannot relate to either of them as Fogelman demonstrated self-interest at the expense…

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    Pine Bluff, Arkansas Sissy’s Log Cabin- The robbers at the [crime scene] were only teenagers. The [conflict] cause a lot of media attention. The teenagers were Caucasian and African- American males. The [crime victim] was held up against their will. The police went to the crime scene finding two teenagers with their hands bound together with rope by the store owner. Luckily the owner had a gun to hold the [criminals] until they were brought into custody by the police. The citizens were…

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    Especially the Essential Elements III and IV, Damien Memorial School inspires young men and women to exemplify the message of the gospel brought to by Jesus Christ. Through Blessed Edmund Rice, Damien Memorial School shares in the involvement of a Christian Brother Education to live and preach Gospel values. His vision was meant to inspire those in taking part in evangelizing…

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    Damien Hirst has artwork pieces with powerful titles. One of Damien Hirst’s pieces is called “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living”. The title of this piece is relevant in how Hirst wants his audience to feel and view his art. The title is related to the piece because the shark being dead represents death, but the fact it looks alive in “ocean-like water” correlates with the mind of someone living.The title is describing that it is impossible to be dead if your mind…

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