Echols of 'The West Memphis Three' to Speak at Salem Film Festival
Damien Echols, who will forever be known as a member of 'The West Memphis Three', will speak at this year's Salem Film Festival following a screening of a film detailing the trial that landed him on death row.
The sixth annual Salem Film Fest will feature a live Q&A session with new Salem resident and West Memphis Three member Damien Echols following a screening of West of Memphis - a documentary detailing the high-profile murder trial that landed him on death row for almost two decades. Echols moved to Salem last year. He was released from prison in 2011 on a plea deal after new evidence indicated that he was not responsible for the murder of three young boys - a crime that he and two other men served 18 years in jail for before being released. Over the past two years, Echols has been sharing his thoughts on Salem, his new home, via Twitter. You can follow Echols on Twitter here. The film festival, which will run from March 7 to March 14, will …
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Mike
8:32 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Does anyone honestly think the state of Arkansas would have let three convicted child killers out of prison if they had a shred of doubt about their innocence? The Alford plea was to prevent a massive multi-million dollar payout to the men at the expense of letting the real killer of those three little boys walk. Someone decided money was more important than justice That's where you should … more ›