to the crime scene so they must be innocent, but they found Terry Hobbs DNA/ David Jacoby's DNA so they must be guilty.
Give me a break. :floorlaugh:
I have yet to hear TH & DJ confess to killing 3 innocent children. (They have had 18 years to do so).
How come TH has never confessed to PH about killing her son? maybe because he didn't do it.
The right 3 are in prison. they got a fair trial. they were not convicted for wearing black clothing, reading horror novels, heavy metal music like supporters would like for people to believe.
People who are new to this case, please bypass Paradise Lost 1 & 2.
They did not show everything in the trial. both are biased documentaries to make JMB (1st one) the culprit and the WM3 look innocent.
PLEASE look at the evidence in this case and then make up your mind.
Yes, the DNA excludes the WM3 and points to TH as the killer. I personally do not believe DJ was involved. I believe his hair was brought to the scene on TH's clothes since they were playing guitars shortly before the boys disappeared. However, since this was not a sex crime, DNA alone cannot prove or disprove who is responsible for this horrendous crime.
So TH has not confessed to anyone (including PH)? Do all killers eventually confess to their crimes? The fact that TH has not confessed does not prove that he did not commit these crimes. The fact that the WMPD were able to coerce a statement from a teen with a low intelligence does not prove that the WM3 are guilty, either. The number of times false confessions have led to unjust convictions is well documented and has been discussed previously.
The WM3 were not convicted
solely because they wore black clothing and listened to heavy metal music. Those things were what brought them to the attention of the WMPD, but even in West Memphis, more had to happen to get them convicted. What convicted the WM3 (after a vindictive juvenile officer who is now in jail on unrelated charges pointed the WMPD to Damien) was small-town mentality, a horrendous crime that needed to be solved immediately, a State-leaning judge and the "satanic panic" that was prevalent in the country at the time.
The small-town mentality caused the town to be very susceptible to news stories at the time (both televised and in the print media) which convicted the WM3 before the trials. The police were under intense pressure to solve the crime; the juvenile officer gave them a prime suspect; the police found a poor kid who supposedly knew the suspect and who was also slightly slow witted and got him to "confess" to the crime and implicate two others; the town wanted the crime solved, so it was "solved." The WM3 were poor and therefore could not obtain adequate defense (especially with a State-leaning judge). IMO, the feeling at the time was that these three wouldn't be missed by society, so we'll railroad them.
The documentaries exposed the ineptitude of the investigation and the defense. They exposed the probability that someone else committed these murders. True, at the time, the finger seemed to point to JMB, but he has since been cleared. TH had not even talked to the police until 2007, even though parents and step parents are usually the first to be interrogated in crimes such as this. What many people fail to realize is that
all documentaries tend to be biased, usually toward whichever position the film makers support. In fact, when the original documentary was begun, it was going to be about how the WM3 were
guilty of the crime. It was only as the filming began that the film makers realized what had happened.
The trial was by no means fair. The judge excluded alibi witnesses and allowed testimony by a "doctor" with a mail-order degree. The jury foreman at the E/B trial introduced into deliberations Jessie's statement (which was excluded by the judge), and at least two jurors have stated that Jessie's statement was the primary reason for their vote for conviction. During the Misskelley trial, the judge made an off-hand comment as the jury was beginning deliberations that could possibly have tainted the results. These are just the things that have been made public.
I encourage anyone researching this case to read all the documents on Callahan's. However, there is other information available that should also be read. When TH brought his (failed) defamation suit against Natalie Maines Pasdar and The Dixie Chicks, depositions were taken by many people involved in this case. Those depositions should be read, and they are not all on Callahan's. Unfortunately, much of the information discovered since the original trials by the defense is not available to the public currently. I understand totally why this information is not currently available. Hopefully, it will be made available after the hearing. So, read Callahan's definitely, but don't stop there. Get the whole picture - both sides.
I don't understand why people who believe the WM3 are guilty are so adamantly opposed to a new trial. If they're guilty, why fear a new trial? I just think that, before a man is put to death, the State should be
totally confident of his guilt. Let's see what the hearing shows. We have been promised additional evidence and additional test results. Maybe we will be able to get some definitive proof of innocence or guilt from these things. IMO, the wrong men are in prison and need to be freed.
