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West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence /// Part 2

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🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence Part 2 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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West Memphis three

0:03.4

three West Memphis three West Memphis three Damien Eccles and Jason Baldwin, Jesse, Miss Kelly, you...

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. The state stands behind the conviction.

0:47.0

From my understanding there were two Jason Boltz. I've always wondered when Ms. Kelly's giving this coerced confession.

0:53.2

Do you think that he was speaking of the Jason Baldwin that they arrested or

1:00.9

you think he was just speaking to the

1:03.7

whatever persons they were going to try to...

1:06.3

No, he knew exactly what he was saying and the reason he said it was because that's what

1:12.1

the cops wanted him to say and... And the

1:15.0

and Daiment were inseparable. They were like adjoined twins,

1:20.0

literally. I mean, they did everything together.

1:22.0

And but they weren't very much alike but it doesn't forgive those attorneys for not putting on an alibi defense.

1:28.8

Right.

1:29.8

Are you able to take us through that a little bit?

1:32.3

Yeah because I that was the one day I was at trial.

1:36.0

I was when the jury, actually the jury went in the jury room,

1:41.0

I wanted to see what was going to happen obviously because I was thinking there's no way

1:45.1

Surely God they're going to convict these guys because there's no evidence and so I was stunned when they came back, you know, and the judge read the verdict and asked

1:58.4

Damien if he had anything to say.

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