Jessie Misskelley

together again.” This quote came from none other than Damien Echols, the so called “ringleader” of the Worldwide group of teens known as The West Memphis Three. The West Memphis Three were three teenages: Jason Baldwin, Damian Echols, and Jessie Misskelley. These three teens were accused of murdering three little boys along the bank of a creek. The West Memphis Three and Sacco and Vanzetti are two different crimes of murder. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of robbery and murder of two…

Do you believe that fear can control people’s minds, making them oblivious to what they know is right? Whether it is through religion, sexuality, or politics, people today are still allowing fear to control their lives.The West Memphis Three case encompasses three male teenagers implicated of murdering three third grade boys. The citizens of West Memphis, Arkansas were blinded by their fear of the boys; as a result of these fears the teenagers were wrongfully convicted. The Crucible by Arthur…

from their families. Not too long later they were found dead in a stream. They were bruised, mutilated and tied up like hogs. These three boys were Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steve Branch. Three young adults known as, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin, were eventually convicted in 1994 for 3 counts of capital murder each but not all of these young men were a part of the killings. They were all convicted based on circumstantial evidence and this made many people angry…