... Court in deciding whether they’ll order a new trial for convicted murderer Damien Echols. Justices denied a motion for staying Echols’ appeal and refused to consider new witness statements submitted for review earlier this ... is  a surprisingly thorough story on the appeals and the evidence. Echols remains hopeful that once this goes to a federal court, he will be granted a new ...

... in the deaths. Maines, who’s from Lubbock, Texas, had become convinced that Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, known as the West Memphis Three, were innocent after watching documentaries on the case. Her letter ... – as Americans,” Maines’ letter said. Echols was sentenced to death for the killings, while Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to ...