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The West Memphis Three are free.

But they're still awaiting justice. 

The case of the West Memphis Three spawned a world-wide movement to free three men - Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelly - who were wrongfully convicted of killing three young boys. (Learn more about the case.)

Now, 20 years later, the WM3 are free - but with the stain of a criminal conviction on their record for something they did not do.

Ask Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to finish the job and pardon the West Memphis Three.

We, the UNDERSIGNED, call on Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to fully exonerate Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, known as the West Memphis Three, by granting them pardons based on their innocence.

These three men were convicted as teenagers of murdering three young boys, despite no physical evidence linking them to the crime. DNA tests 15 years after the crime turned up no genetic materials matching any of the three defendants. Amidst horror and hysteria, the three teenagers were convicted on the basis of false confessions and innuendos. Nearly two decades later and the attention of a world-wide campaign to free them, they accepted an Alford plea to obtain their freedom. But they deserve a full exoneration.

Please pardon the West Memphis Three based on the absence of evidence of their guilt and clear their records, so they can rebuild their lives free from the stain of conviction of a crime they did not commit.
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    • 1-25 of 2637 signatures
    Number Date Name Location Additional comments?
    2637 Mon May 13 00:25:10 EDT 2013 Sara Ray Douglas, AZ
    2636 Sun May 12 15:36:43 EDT 2013 Paul Taylor Pellston , MI
    2635 Sun May 12 03:38:25 EDT 2013 Diane Karslian Salem, MA
    2634 Tue May 07 12:09:51 EDT 2013 A D M Gravette, AR
    2633 Wed May 01 06:07:18 EDT 2013 Esther Ericsson Stockholm- Sweden, ot
    2632 Wed May 01 06:05:31 EDT 2013 Esther Ericsson Stockholm- Sweden, ot
    2631 Sat Apr 27 15:02:19 EDT 2013 Tabatha Hill Muscatine, IA
    2630 Thu Apr 25 10:40:07 EDT 2013 brandie perez lakeland, FL
    2629 Tue Apr 23 21:18:08 EDT 2013 Anonymous São Paulo - Brasil, ot Innocence for all 3.
    Pardons based on their innocence.
    2628 Thu Apr 18 09:05:23 EDT 2013 Alex Akin Hudson, OH
    2627 Tue Apr 16 20:07:50 EDT 2013 Anonymous milton keynes, ot
    2626 Sun Apr 14 23:12:58 EDT 2013 Catalina Santamaria Long Beach, CA
    2625 Tue Apr 09 08:17:59 EDT 2013 Felicity Cluff Manchester, UK, ot Injustices such as these should not be capable of occurring in a modern legal system. Not only should these men have been exonerated, they should have been capable of receiving compensation for the injustices More....
    2624 Tue Apr 09 01:42:43 EDT 2013 Tammy Kinsey Toledo, OH
    2623 Fri Mar 22 02:41:45 EDT 2013 Vanessa Vuoso Anthem, AZ
    2622 Fri Mar 22 02:36:59 EDT 2013 Vanessa Vuoso Anthem, AZ
    2621 Tue Mar 12 21:10:49 EDT 2013 Kelly Smith Hawked tone, ON
    2620 Tue Mar 12 21:10:48 EDT 2013 Kelly Smith Hawked tone, ON
    2619 Mon Mar 11 12:26:52 EDT 2013 Gavin Briscoe New Berlin, WI
    2618 Sun Mar 10 20:34:03 EDT 2013 Lauren Warner Easton, PA Please look deep within yourself to do your part to end this horrific journey for those involved and to clear their names from these crimes.
    2617 Wed Feb 13 05:52:02 EST 2013 Cindy Smith Glendale, AZ
    2616 Mon Feb 04 23:58:25 EST 2013 Lauren Honschooten Perth Australia, ot They deserve full exoneration as until then they are still imprisioned in their own minds
    2615 Mon Jan 28 12:33:35 EST 2013 Rebecca Stanford Waycross, GA This case is a disturbing example of how our justice system can and does put innocent people in prison. These three men deserve justice.
    2614 Fri Jan 11 10:17:55 EST 2013 Donna Quinton Santee, CA
    2613 Fri Jan 11 00:22:59 EST 2013 Guy Swenson Austin, TX 208 -->207A judicial system that rewards the DA and judges for convictions, regardless of guilt/truth, and a public that is encouraged to perceive vengeance as equal to justice are leading our nation to more violence.
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