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The West Memphis Three: Eighteen Years of Silence | The Missing Archive
This episode of The Missing Archive examines the harrowing case of the West Memphis Three, detailing the eighteen-year wrongful imprisonment of Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr., and Jason Baldwin for the 1993 murders of eight-year-olds Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers. Host Sandra Cohen explores how Satanic panic, racial bias, and flawed police procedures led to a conviction built on a coerced confession rather than physical evidence. This narrative is essential for listeners interested in true crime history, miscarriages of justice, and the impact of forensic science on…
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