Byers exhibits suspicious behavior, perhaps even more than in the first film. We also catch up with the other chief suspect in the crime, Mark Byers, the stepfather of one of the victims. In other words, to my eye it looks like this theoretical belt buckle must have been made out of a set of dentures. The mark is similar enough to a bite mark that it can be compared to the bites of the convicts and it also covers both the top and underside of the ridge of the victim’s forehead.
But at the same time, I can’t help but point out that I’ve never seen a belt buckle that is shaped so that it would leave marks like this. Experts for the state say that a belt buckle could have caused the mark. It’s annoying when laypeople see or read something like this and suddenly think they are experts on subjects like forensics. This is, in part, the basis of an appeal. The marks don’t match imprints taken from the three convicts. While going over the photos of the victims, he notices what appear to be bite marks on one of the boys. They bring in a criminologist-type guy who works pro-bono.
Hey, those guys are busy with more important legal struggles, like suing Italian hubcap manufacturers for using the word ‘Metallica.’ (That really happened too.)Īnyway, a group of people who were interested in the case by the first film have formed an organization to raise money for and call attention to the case. Since the boys were fans (which is part of the reason for their conviction), Metallica’s Kirk Hammett sent a note to Damien Echols, the kid sentenced to death-apparently not any money to help his under-funded defense though. One of the main topics is the impact of the first film, which brought international attention to the case. The sequel picks up about five years later. The theory was that they were part of a murderous satanic cult.
The main factor in the conviction of the teens-one of whom was sentenced to death and two of whom were sentenced to life in prison-seems to have been that they listened to metal and wore black. In fact, the prosecution presents a scenario that is physically impossible-the murder and severe mutilation of the boys is supposed to have left not a drop of blood at the murder site, although one of the boys lost five pints of blood. Other than that, there is no physical evidence against the teens. Although the police mention fiber evidence at one point, it seems as though that doesn’t pan out–although the film doesn’t address this issue satisfactorily. The confession also contained gross factual errors and at least one clear instance of the police feeding the boy answers to questions. During that time, the kid passed a polygraph, but was told that he failed. The recorded confession came after the boy spent twelve unrecorded hours with interrogators and without the presence of parents or legal representation. The key piece of evidence was a confession elicited from one of the boys who was seventeen and has an IQ of 72.
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If you don’t know, Paradise Lost documented the trial and conviction of three teenage boys for the murder of three children in West Memphis, Arkansas. But that so many people died so horribly so that one day I could say “I’m in the same country as Arkansas” is pretty hard to swallow. If we were trying to kick them out that would be one thing. Specifically, I look back in wonder that a war was fought to keep the South from seceding. Watching the Paradise Lost films makes me look at history in a different way.
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