Thanks zencompass
I've started wading through that site. I don't have Wi-Fi at my home so I have to use my phone or brief glimpses on my break at work, and some of
the pages are challenging. A lot are phone friendly which is great.
I don't remember hearing about this case when it happened but, like many, my first exposure was the first documentary. I was in the "not guilty" category after that but then read a little more after the Alford plea and climbed on the fence...I wish I could remember what exactly it was that got me on the fence but for the life of me I can't remember.
It's a fascinating case. Having been a black-wearing teenager in the late 80s and early 90s, and growing up in a small, closed minded area, I experienced people thinking I was some kind of devil worshiper, and even got sent to the office by a teacher who I apparently creeped out. And I was a really good kid! Rarely in trouble and never anything serious. So that aspect really caught me. However, just because I was wrongly accused doesn't mean these 3 were.
The amount of emotion people have about this case is also something I find curious and interesting... as evidenced here this case seems to bring out the worst in people... the cruel references to disabled people being the most challenging for me to deal with, and I worry that a lot of good information is overlooked or dismissed due to the over-the-top assertions that are made and the rudeness. I have a very difficult time respecting information from someone who speaks so unkindly about those with disabilities. I don't feel that cruelty is at all necessary to make the point, and really actually detracts from it and makes the speaker look pretty awful. I've clearly tried to educate here and there, but apparently to no avail. One can feel Miskelley doesn't have a disability without being so mean and disparaging to those who do. Half a person, dumb... It's abhorrent.
Anyway, I'll admit to never wanting to run into Damien in a dark alley... I don't get why people name their children names which have such negative connotations... Like Damien and Malachi... I get Malachi is biblical, but it will always remind me of the creepy ginger kid in children of the corn and Damien will always remind me of the creepy kid in the omen.