Articles tagged with: execution
Posted in West Memphis Three on 29 May 2007
Riordan, who heads the team, did not want to talk about what happened during the meeting but he did say there is movement toward getting a new trial for the West Memphis Three- Damien Echols, Jason, Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.
Posted in West Memphis Three on 14 April 2007
On Friday, January 19, the ADC removed Jason Baldwin and other inmates from Tucker and transferred them to Varner Unit as part of a sweeping investigation of staff abuses. Baldwin has not been charged with a violation, is not on punitive status or lost his 1C classification, the highest that can be attained by an inmate with a capital sentence.
Posted in West Memphis Three on 2 February 2007
No physical evidence, no witnesses, no motive, no weapons, nothing. The prosecution decided to focus on the heavy metal music, black hair, black clothes and Stephen King books as PROOF that these 3 teenagers had committed the crimes. Unfortunately, Damien Echolls was sentenced to death, Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life in prison, and Jesse Misskelley received life plus 40 years. Remember, NO evidence at all!
Posted in West Memphis Three on 12 December 2006
Previously I had discussed the case of the West Memphis Three. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse Miskelley, 3 juveniles who were arrested and convicted for the brutal murder of 3 young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. They were wrongfully accused, and convicted with absolutely zero evidence against them.
On December 1stm 2006, Mara Leveritt, author [...]
Posted in Death Row Inmates on 20 November 2006
AUSTIN, Texas: A woman condemned for the slaying of a 3-month-old child she was baby-sitting in her home in 1994 was given an execution date Monday.
Cathy Lynn Henderson, 49, was set for lethal injection April 18 for the death of Brandon Baugh, whose body was found stuffed in a wine cooler carton [...]
