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Devils Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
by Leveritt, Mara
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- ISBN 10
- 0743417607
- ISBN 13
- 9780743417600
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Simon & Schuster, 10/20/2003. Reprint. Paperback. Used; Good. stains on pages and the side **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
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*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON AND COLIN FIRTH * The West Memphis Three. Accused, convictedand set free. Do you know their story? In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley were released after eighteen years in prison. Award-winning journalist Mara Leveritt’s The Devil’s Knot remains the most comprehensive, insightful reporting ever done on the investigation, trials, and convictions of three teenage boys who became known as the West Memphis Three. For weeks in 1993, after the murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas seemed stymied. Then suddenly, detectives charged three teenagers—alleged members of a satanic cult—with the killings. Despite the witch-hunt atmosphere of the trials, and a case which included stunning investigative blunders, a confession riddled with errors, and an absence of physical evidence linking any of the accused to the crime, the teenagers were convicted. Jurors sentenced Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley to life in prison and Damien Echols, the accused ringleader, to death. The guilty verdicts were popular in their home state—even upheld on appeal—and all three remained in prison until their unprecedented release in August 2011. With close-up views of its key participants, this award-winning account unravels the many tangled knots of this endlessly shocking case, one which will shape the American legal landscape for years to come.
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- Title
- Devils Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
- Author
- Leveritt, Mara
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0743417607
- ISBN 13
- 9780743417600
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 10/20/2003
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