The WM3 Case In 2008 And Beyond...

[Obscuregawdess]

November 18, 2009

Video:
(approx. 42 minutes)

http://tinyurl.com/yjlf8wc
edited link for blown margins, Hannie


*** See full recent interview with Damien in the Damien thread ***

[Obscuregawdess]

Thanks, Hannie... I posted in a hurry, had to go, and then forgot to fix 'em when I got on to check Caylee threads. You're a peach!

[Obscuregawdess]

(For Pat, since I had forgotten a while back)

Arkansas Take Action was formed in November 2007 by Lorri Davis, Capi Peck and Brent Peterson after the WM3 defense team's press conference at the UA-Little Rock law school.

Past activities include:

Screening of Paradise Lost at Market Street Cinema, Little Rock, with Q & A conducted by the panel of Lorri Davis, Capi Peck and Brent Peterson.

Event poster designed by Stephanie Caruthers.

Rally and media event on the steps of the AR state capitol with speakers Natalie Maines and Lorri Davis, an intro by Capi Peck, and delivery of letters and petitions to the governor's office.

Petition table set up at the entrance to Brent and Capi's Trio's restaurant.
Dinner at Trio's restaurant for key members of the AR legal community with briefing by Damien's lawyer, Dennis Riordan, and a DVD developed by ATA?s Ray Chanslor, Caran Curry and Brent Peterson with segments from the press conference and Paradise Lost. (This event turned up the witness to the jury misconduct.)

Mailing of the DVD and introductory letter to 300 other members of the legal community.

Development of the Time for Truth video posted on many web locations and mass media mail-out of the DVD. The video contains segments of the press conference, Paradise Lost, and the Larry King Show. (The ATA publicist, at the time, was instrumental in attracting the Larry King Show and a People magazine article.)

Various cards, fliers, T-shirts and bumper stickers created by ATA members for disbursement in LR and around the state.

ATA member canvas of Hillcrest shopping district merchant event with info/petition tables.

Development of the "Living Petition" video with personal testimonials of support and a choreographed visual performance by ATA members on the AR capitol steps with other segments shot in LA, Denver and Little Rock and posted on various web locations. Edited by Bryan Frazier.
ATA members Rob Fisher, Holly Ballard, Bryan Frazier, Lorri, Capi and Brent participated in NYC fundraiser in the home of Peter Yarrow.

Canvas of NCAA regional basketball tournament (with 6500 Memphis Tiger fans on hand) in the LR River Market district with fliers, petitions, filming of "Living Petition" segments and an airplane banner (designed by ATA) circling overhead.

ATA info/donation/petition booth in the Heights neighborhood in conjunction with the Ecumenical Buddhist Society's "Hair on Fire" fundraiser. "Living Petition" filming continued.

WM3 Candlelight Vigil and media event in LR's River Market district with introduction by John Hardin, assistant to US Rep Vic Snyder, info/donation/petition/T-shirt table.

Strategic re-occurring letter and op-ed writing campaign to statewide, West Memphis and Memphis newspapers.

Re-occurring development of media talent relations in Little Rock, Jonesboro and Memphis. These dinner and coffee meetings were instrumental in the writing of several favorable news articles and the production of TV segments, including a 30-minute local ABC piece, a finalist for a Webby award.

Discussion and Q & A at Unitarian Church in LR with Lorri, Capi and Brent. Re-occurring car caravans to circuit court hearings in Jonesboro, AR.

Media conference held at Trio's restaurant to announce the tip line, initiated by public advocate, Lonnie Soury, and investigator, Jay Salpeter.

Canvas of West Memphis with distribution of information about the new tip line.

Silent protest at former WM3 prosecutor John Fogleman's press conference at the state capitol. ATA members stood up as he announced his campaign for the Arkansas State Supreme court and removed their shirts to reveal T-shirts stating "Abuse of Power" and ?West Memphis Three? along with names from two other dubious cases also cited by the Center for Public Integrity. We then walked out. Posted on various web locations.

Letter-writing campaign to the AR Supreme Court to question their denial of an FOI request by Mara Leveritt (ATA board member and author of Devil's Knot) and their sealing of all files previously open (except one re: jury misconduct) to the public.

Lonnie Soury also secured a 48 Hours two-part special in production with interviews of ATA members, plus Lorri and Damien. Lonnie also got an article in Parabola Magazine and an upcoming article in the New York Times.


http://www.freewestmemphis3.org/index.p ... c3075bbddb

[Obscuregawdess]

Be watching for a 2 hour special on 48 hours about the West Memphis Three and the three little boys who were victims to this horrible murder.

[AC]

Thanks, OG....if you hear more about the exact day, let me know...ok?

[Obscuregawdess]

I sure will! Damien does not even know yet, maybe not even 48 Hours, so I am sure there will be "word" when it is decided on. I heard they selected it for then when their ratings and amount of viewers are higher, in that month. I am eager to watch!

[Obscuregawdess]

CBS is running the 48 Hours episode relating to the WM3 case on February 27, 2010.


http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/48hours/main3410.shtml


Video Preview: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id= ... eMPUArea.0

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'48 Hrs.' offers in-Depp look at murder mystery on show about West Memphis Three
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Johnny Depp makes a rare appearance as part of a TV newsmagazine this weekend, and he's not just a tease to get people in.


"This is not window dressing," says Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS' "48 Hours Mystery," which Saturday at 10 p.m. has an extensive interview with Depp about the West Memphis Three - a trio of teenagers convicted of killing three boys in West Memphis, Ark., 16 years ago.


"This is a man who grew up in Kentucky and felt some of the same alienation that these boys did," Zirinsky says. "He related to this case. He looked different [growing up]; they treated him like he was crazy."


After the bodies of the three 8-year-olds were discovered in 1993, there was speculation that their killings had been a satanic ritual. The case developed at a time when there was a media-fueled hysteria about cults, and Damien Echols, who had long hair and an affinity for dressing in black, became a suspect.


Police had no evidence tying him to the crime until Jessie Misskelly Jr., a mentally handicapped teen who barely knew Echols, told police he helped him and Jason Baldwin kill the boys.


There was no physical evidence linking any of them to the killings, yet Misskelly and Baldwin are serving life sentences and Echols is on Death Row.


They have gotten support from celebrities such as Depp, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.


Depp, says Zirinsky, knows the case better than many folks.


"This man not only lends his name, but he knows every fact of this case," Zirinsky says. "He became a friend of Damien Echols."


Zirinksy and her team were led to Depp through Lorri Davis, who married Echols a decade ago.


The case was the subject of an HBO documentary "Paradise Lost," which brought nationwide attention the legal issues in the case.


"The better part of this is [Depp's] personal connection," Zirinsky said. "Him identifying with Damon as a kid. Damon was allegedly railroaded, and the facts are really frightening. Depp saw himself as an alienated kid growing up."


However, he's not the whole hour, Zirinsky says.


"We were doing this story no matter what," she says. "This is a story we're committed to because it was an injustice."


Zirinsky realizes there may be questions about the timing of the telecast, which coincides with the release of Depp's film "Alice in Wonderland." However, she says she was unaware of the film and wanted to put a good hour up against NBC's Olympics coverage during a sweeps month.


"I think you leave this show thinking there was not a reasonable doubt that there wasn't the evidence," Zirinsky says. "These are the kinds of stories where we feel our journalism has a chance to take a case that was considered fact and raises questions."
The story isn't over, she adds.


"What we're doing is opening the curtain to say, you have to understand how flawed the original investigation was on every level," Zirinsky says.


"When somebody of note pays attention to it, and enables us to draw more attention," she says of Depp, "we've done our job."


http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... stery.html

[Obscuregawdess]

West Memphis 3 Exclusive Interviews, Tonight At 10

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News Channel 3, tonight at 10, Exclusive WM3 Interviews!


Link: http://www.wreg.com/videobeta/?watchId= ... 58a838416b

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Part 1:

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Part 2:

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Part 3:

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