Spring Hearing for Damien Echols
Jan 04., 2008 
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This just in, earlier today, according to the Associated Press:
Lawyers for Damien Echols say they reached an agreement with prosecutors to hold the hearing. The decision comes after U.S. District Court Judge William R. Wilson Jr. asked Echols to present parts of his new, wide-ranging appeal to state courts before seeking relief from federal courts.
The filing by Echols’ lawyers, dated Thursday, says much of the DNA testing ordered by the Craighead County Circuit Court in 2005 has been completed. Echols’ new appeal claims evidence tested from the crime scene showed no traces of the him or the two other men convicted in slayings, though much of the evidence failed to yield reportable results. The appeal also includes testimony from forensic experts saying the genital mutilation of one of the boys likely came from an animal after their deaths.
Source: MyFox Memphis: “Damien Echols Plans for Spring Hearing”
It’s about damn time!
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I really wonder about how our justice system operates sometimes. That these men have been in prison as long as they have on such flimsy non-evidence is simply unacceptable.
these guys didnt do it.they need to be freed.