Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1476734577
ISBN-13
9781476734576
Publisher
Atria Books
Imprint
Atria Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 31st, 2030
Print length
432 Pages
Product Classification:
Criminal law & procedureCriminal law: procedure and offences
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Coming soon as a major motion picture starring Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth, this riveting portrait (Publishers Weekly) of a small Arkansas town recounts the all-too-true story of a brutal triple murder and the eighteen-year imprisonment of three innocent teenagers.
For weeks in 1993, after the grisly murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas, seemed stymied. Then suddenly, detectives charged three teenagersalleged members of a satanic cultwith the killings. Despite the witch-hunt atmosphere of the trials and a case that included stunning investigative blunders, the teenagers, who became known as the West Memphis Three, 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 stateeven upheld on appealand all three remained in prison until their unprecedented release in August 2011.
In Devils Knot, award-winning investigative journalist Mara Leveritt presents the most comprehensive, insightful reporting ever done on this storyone of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history. In-depth research, meticulous reconstruction of the investigation, and close-up views of its key participants unravel the many tangled knots of this endlessly shocking case.
Acclaimed as an indictment of a culture and legal system (Library Journal) and the best blow-by-blow account available of the investigations and trials (The Memphis Commercial Appeal), this award-winning account will shape the American legal landscape for years to come.
For weeks in 1993, after the grisly murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas, seemed stymied. Then suddenly, detectives charged three teenagersalleged members of a satanic cultwith the killings. Despite the witch-hunt atmosphere of the trials and a case that included stunning investigative blunders, the teenagers, who became known as the West Memphis Three, 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 stateeven upheld on appealand all three remained in prison until their unprecedented release in August 2011.
In Devils Knot, award-winning investigative journalist Mara Leveritt presents the most comprehensive, insightful reporting ever done on this storyone of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history. In-depth research, meticulous reconstruction of the investigation, and close-up views of its key participants unravel the many tangled knots of this endlessly shocking case.
Acclaimed as an indictment of a culture and legal system (Library Journal) and the best blow-by-blow account available of the investigations and trials (The Memphis Commercial Appeal), this award-winning account will shape the American legal landscape for years to come.
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