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by Mara Leveritt (Author) "AT 7:41 P.M. ON MAY 5, 1993, a full moon rose behind the Memphis skyline..." (more)
Key Phrases: county drug task force, associate medical examiner, terroristic threatening, West Memphis, John Mark Byers, Jessie Misskelley (more...)
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From Publishers Weekly
Arkansas investigative journalist Leveritt (The Boys on the Tracks) presents an affecting account of a controversial trial in the wake of three child murders in Arkansas. In May 1993, three eight-year-old boys were found mutilated and murdered in West Memphis, a small and tattered Arkansas town. The crime scene and forensic evidence were mishandled, but a probation officer directed the police toward Damien Echols, a youth with a troubled home life, antiauthoritarian attitudes and admiration for the "Goth" and Wiccan subcultures. Amid rumors of satanic cult activity, investigators browbeat Jesse Misskelley, a mentally challenged 16-year-old acquaintance of Echols, into providing a wildly inconsistent confession that he'd helped Echols and a third teen, Jason Baldwin, assault the boys. Leveritt meticulously reconstructs the clamorous investigation and two jury trials that followed. All three boys were convicted on the basis of Misskelley's dubious statements and such "evidence" as Echols's fondness for William Blake and Stephen King. Leveritt, who makes a strong argument that the convictions were a miscarriage of justice, also suggests an alternative suspect: one victim's stepfather, who had a history of domestic violence, yet was seemingly shielded by authorities because he was a drug informant for local investigators. Sure to be locally controversial, Leveritt's carefully researched book offers a riveting portrait of a down-at-the-heels, socially conservative rural town with more than its share of corruption and violence.
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Arkansas Times investigative reporter Leveritt explores the 1993 West Memphis Three murder convictions, which have been the subject of two HBO documentaries. The book is arranged chronologically, from the crime through the trial, and dispassionately dissects the prosecution's case against three teens who were convicted of the grisly murders of three eight-year-old boys. Leveritt interviewed the principals, reviewed the police file and trial transcripts, and leads the reader to conclude from her exhaustive research (430 footnotes) that the case was botched, improperly based on a single confession from a retarded youth and the defendants' alleged ties to satanic rituals. Well written in descriptive language, the book is an indictment of a culture and legal system that failed to protect children as defendants or victims. Highly recommended.
Harry Charles, Attorney at Law, St. Louis
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Product Details
  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Atria (October 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743417607
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743417600
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 customer reviews (71 customer reviews)
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AT 7:41 P.M. ON MAY 5, 1993, a full moon rose behind the Memphis skyline. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
county drug task force, associate medical examiner, terroristic threatening, been sodomized, camera hearing, state police investigators, maximum security unit, truck wash, deputy prosecutor, state crime lab, narcotics detective
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West Memphis, John Mark Byers, Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, Detective Ridge, Michael Moore, Vicki Hutcheson, Robin Hood, Aaron Hutcheson, Stevie Branch, Blue Beacon, Christopher Byers, Little Rock, Crittenden County, Inspector Gitchell, Arkansas Supreme Court, Val Price, Melissa Byers, Paul Ford, Arkansas State Police, Gary Gitchell, Ron Lax, Brent Davis, John Fogleman
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