west memphis 3 16 years ago in West Memphis, Arkansas, bodies of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts were found in a ditch called Robin Hills. Back then, Three teens, Damien Echols 18, Jessie Misskelley Jr. 17 and Jason Baldwin 16, were accused of the murder.
When the boys bodies were found, their arms and legs were bound by shoe laces, bodies were bruised and mutilated, how sick! How in the world could someone do that?
The killers of these boys wwere dubbed as the the West Memphis 3.
At the time, back in 1993 justice has been served. MissKkelley and Baldwin had life sentences and Echols was on death row.
However, with new DNA evidence from the defense and also new eyewitness statements, Pamela Hobbs, the mother of one of those boys who was murdered says the teens who were accused of killing her son and the other boys deserve a new trial.
"I wanted to believe in our justice system," said Hobbs, now 45. She moved to Blytheville, Arkansas, shortly after the 1993 trial. "But time heals all wounds, and you start looking at things differently."
Her public change of heart has been supported by new evidence presented by the defense over the past few years. In 2007, DNA and forensic evidence tests revealed no physical evidence at the crime scene that linked the three teens to murders. The evidence was presented to the state.
Furthermore, DNA that might belong to two other men was found in the knot used to tie Christopher.
Three eye witnesses, who resided next to one of the victims, filed affidavits in October with the Arkansas Supreme Court. The witnesses said they saw the second-graders with Terry Hobbs the night before the bodies were found by police.
The statement from the witnesses contradicted Hobbs' statements to police and in court that he never saw his stepson, Stevie, on the day of the murder.
"They [authorities] never really did any investigation," said Dennis Riordan, Echols' defense attorney out of San Francisco, California. "They never interviewed Hobbs. The fact that the witnesses saw him, and they realized for the first time, it was very significant."
Pamela Hobbs divorced Terry Hobbs in 2004 because of marital problems stemming from the pain that followed her son's death, she said. She declined to comment on whether she thought her ex-husband saw the 8-year-old boys.
"I want someone to put a stop to this. I'm tired of this stuff. No one understands or cares what this does to us as parents over and over again."" said Terry Hobbs.
Who ever murdered these boys, should be found and put to death.
When the boys bodies were found, their arms and legs were bound by shoe laces, bodies were bruised and mutilated, how sick! How in the world could someone do that?
The killers of these boys wwere dubbed as the the West Memphis 3.
At the time, back in 1993 justice has been served. MissKkelley and Baldwin had life sentences and Echols was on death row.
However, with new DNA evidence from the defense and also new eyewitness statements, Pamela Hobbs, the mother of one of those boys who was murdered says the teens who were accused of killing her son and the other boys deserve a new trial.
"I wanted to believe in our justice system," said Hobbs, now 45. She moved to Blytheville, Arkansas, shortly after the 1993 trial. "But time heals all wounds, and you start looking at things differently."
Her public change of heart has been supported by new evidence presented by the defense over the past few years. In 2007, DNA and forensic evidence tests revealed no physical evidence at the crime scene that linked the three teens to murders. The evidence was presented to the state.
Furthermore, DNA that might belong to two other men was found in the knot used to tie Christopher.
Three eye witnesses, who resided next to one of the victims, filed affidavits in October with the Arkansas Supreme Court. The witnesses said they saw the second-graders with Terry Hobbs the night before the bodies were found by police.
The statement from the witnesses contradicted Hobbs' statements to police and in court that he never saw his stepson, Stevie, on the day of the murder.
"They [authorities] never really did any investigation," said Dennis Riordan, Echols' defense attorney out of San Francisco, California. "They never interviewed Hobbs. The fact that the witnesses saw him, and they realized for the first time, it was very significant."
Pamela Hobbs divorced Terry Hobbs in 2004 because of marital problems stemming from the pain that followed her son's death, she said. She declined to comment on whether she thought her ex-husband saw the 8-year-old boys.
"I want someone to put a stop to this. I'm tired of this stuff. No one understands or cares what this does to us as parents over and over again."" said Terry Hobbs.
Who ever murdered these boys, should be found and put to death.
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