West Memphis Three

Major developments today.  The Arkansas Times has been staying close to the story:

WM 3

There's been chatter all day about developments in the West Memphis Three case this week in an expected federal court filing and now word has begun spreading. As we had indicated long ago, thanks to Mara Leveritt's continued reporting, DNA studies of evidence taken from the bodies of victims in the case have turned up no DNA from the three youths sentenced to death for [...]

UPDATE: More details, since this story seems to be driving a ton of traffic to me..

Attorneys: DNA Evidence May Clear West Memphis Three

New DNA evidence could free the West Memphis Three, three Arkansas teenagers convicted of mutilating and three eight-year-old boys in 1993. Defense attorneys are now asking for a new hearing in the case [...]

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