West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence /// Part 1

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🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com After taking a listen once again to our West Memphis 3 case coverage from 2016 we have decided to revisit the case and get some additional thoughts from a perspective not yet heard on TCG. Today we welcomed in Dan Stidham, the Defense Attorney for Jesse Misskelley Jr. Mr. Stidham represented Jesse for many years and at some points was assisting Jason Baldwin as well. He has since gone on to become a highly respected Judge in Arkansas. While he is not a fan of the Alford plea, he remains one of the key figures in this case that helped the West Memphis 3 to finally get released from prison after serving 18 years. This week’s recommended reading is - A Harvest of Innocence; the untold story of the West Memphis Three murder case by Dan Stidham Follow True Crime Garage on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain Listen to True Crime Garage Off The Record. Now available on Apple Podcast Subscriptions and to everyone everywhere on Patreon.

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0:00.0	West Memphis three
0:03.4	three West Memphis three West Memphis three Damien Eccles and Jason Baldwin, Jesse, Miss Kelly, who...
0:15.0	West Memphis Three.
0:17.0	They were just eight years old.
0:23.0	Stephen Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Myers, found murdered, hogtied and naked in a drainage ditch in West Memphis.
0:31.0	West Memphis three. Three. stands behind the conviction. I am very excited for this upcoming
0:45.1	conversation. This evening I am joined in the garage by a one Dan
0:51.6	Stidham, a man who has been an attorney, currently a judge, a true crime author on a case that he worked for most of his life, and a case that many people out there listening
1:05.5	know very well that's the West Memphis three case the case from Arkansas
1:10.9	1993.
1:13.0	Dan, Mr. Siddham, welcome to the show.
1:16.0	Thank you. I'm glad to be here.
1:18.0	It's an honor.
1:19.0	Would you tell us a little bit about your journey, you know, just your life's journey from being a young man, becoming
1:27.0	an attorney and now a judge?
1:28.6	Sure, I was born in Chicago, wanted to be a lawyer my entire life.
1:37.0	According to my mother, I used to stand on tree stumps in the what she says anyway. I've always wanted to be a criminal lawyer, had no interest and anything
1:57.0	else and that's why I became a judge is because 99% of what I do is a judge involves criminal law.
2:08.2	So I feel like I'm in where I'm supposed to be.
2:11.7	Did you always want to represent defendants or did you ever see yourself as maybe on the other
2:17.2	side as a prosecutor?
2:18.6	No, I've always felt like I belonged in the defense category and I'm not sure where that comes from.
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