Veteran correspondent Erin Moriarty (shown here) of the CBS news show, 48 Hours, spent yesterday and today in Little Rock interviewing Lorri Davis and several supporters of the West Memphis 3 for an hour-long program on the case that’s scheduled to air this fall.
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Members of Arkansas Take Action, a group critical of the trials that resulted in murder convictions for Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr., walked out of a press conference held Monday at the state capitol by Judge John Fogelman to announce his candidacy for the Arkansas Supreme Court. (See video here.)
In 1994, Fogelman, then a deputy prosecuting attorney, helped win the convictions of Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley, who were teenagers at the time. In the years since, Fogelman has often stated that he believes the three are guilty.
Those protesting at Fogelman’s announcement wore T-shirts that read “Abuse of Power.” The protesters walked out of the confenence room as Fogelman read his campaign announcement to the media.
Read Full ArticleWhile America and the world look on, we here in Arkansas are struggling with a capricious state supreme court that increasingly has come to symbolize our tattered legal system. Here’s my latest attempt in the Arkansas Times to explain just a little bit of what the WM3—and the rest of us—are up against.
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A column I’ve written about the latest example of shoddy court practices, especially as they relate to the West Memphis case, appears in this week’s Arkansas Times. It’s titled Above the law.
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