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1993
People Magazine - Innocent Blood (5-24-1993) - Images
People Magazine - Rites of Murder (6-21-1993)
1996
Maroon-News Article (4-5-1996)
Houston Chronicle - Paradise Lost is no paradise to watch (6-9-1996)
South Coast Today - 'Paradise Lost' documentary stares into abyss of pure evil (6-10-1996)
Cineaste - Cinema-verite, nineties style: An interview with Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (6-22-1996)
Chicago Sun-Times - Paradise Lost: the Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (9-27-1996)
Phoenix New Times - The Lost Boys (11-14-1996)
San Francisco Chronicle - Dark Side of `Paradise'Murder trial film takes grim view of small-town justice (11-15-1996)
Salon - American Gothic (11-18-1996)
Documentary Films Net - Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Arkansas Sun - Witness Claiming Reports Are False: Michael Carson stands by testimony (Dec. 1996)
Metroactive Movies - Justice Murdered: Prejudices swamp a southern town in true-crime documentary (12-5-1996)
1997
Filmvault.com - Paradise Lost (2-5-1997)
Eye - Searching for the Spawn of Satan (2-20-1997)
CANOE - A riveting real-life story (2-22-1997)
Varsity - Putting American justice on trial (2-25-1997)
Zap2it.com - Paradise Lost: The Child Hood Murders At Robin Hood Hills (3-10-1997)
Montreal Mirror - Murder most fair? (6-12-97)
1998
Log Cabin Democrat - New trial sought for figure in West Memphis murders (5-6-1998)
Little Rock Free Press - Damien Echols: Still Fighting For Justice (5-20-1998)
The Memphis Flyer - Who Wants to Save the West Memphis Three? (7-2-1998)
1999
MTV News Online - Supersuckers Champion Controversial Cause As New Albums Arrive (9-3-1999)
2000
Capture Magazine - Still Burning Them At The Stake (2000)
Culturevulture.net - Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 (2000)
The Boston Phoenix - State of the Art (3-9-2000)
APB - Sequel to Child Murders Documentary an Empty Gorefest (3-10-2000)
Chicago Sun-Times - PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS (3-13-2000)
New York Times - TELEVISION REVIEW; A Crime, and Its Questions, Revisited (3-13-2000)
The Valley Advocate - Between the Lines (3-23-2000)
The Austin Chronicle - ... And Justice for All? (4-7-2000)
New Times Broward-Palm Beach - Bandwidth: West Memphis Three, Featherfest (5-11-2000)
The Guardian - Real life horror (6-30-2000)
Village Voice - Exhibit No. 2 (7-26-2000)
The Stranger.com - Salem Revisited: Sweet Home, West Memphis (8-10-2000)
Salon.com - The fight to free the West Memphis 3 (8-10-2000)
MTV News Online - Vedder, Supersuckers For West Memphis Three LP (8-28-2000)
The Memphis Flyer - eBay Changes Rules for Selling "Murderabilia" Online (8-30-2000)
SonicNet - Eddie Vedder, Tom Waits Seek Freedom For West Memphis Three (Sep. 2000)
ABCNEWS.com - Musicians Hope to Raise Awareness (9-29-2000)
Seattle Weekly - Musicians sing out on behalf of three boys convicted on shady evidence (Oct. 2000)
Willamette Week - From the Music Desk (10-4-2000)
Dallas Observer - Rock and a Hard Place (10-5-2000)
Baltimore City Paper: Free the West Memphis 3 (11-1-2000)
The Village Voice - Dog Food for Justice (Nov. 2000)
The Boston Phoenix - Censorship: Circuit City pulls controversial CD (12-14-2000)
2001
Shabmhala Sun - A Roshi on the Row (Jan. 2001)
The Book LA - Nothing Else Matters (Spring 2001)
WMC-TV - West Memphis Child Killer Goes Back to Court (3-19-2001)
Little Rock Free Press - WM3 Supporters Picket Justice Building (3-21-2001)
2002
NME.com - Henry Rollins Sets Up Benefit Gig for 'West Memphis Three' (2-22-2002)
RollingStone.com - Rollins, Pop Aid W. Memphis 3 (7-24-2002)
Knac.com - Henry Rollins' Rise Above Album to Benefit West Memphis 3 (7-26-2002)
Pop Matters - Reality Check: A Moment With Henry Rollins (8-14-2002)
Zap2it - Henry Rollins Is Up for a 'Challenge' (10-15-2002)
Celestial News - Modern Day Witch Trials (11-3-2002)
The Memphis Flyer - Untangling Devil's Knot (11-8-2002)
Rolling Stone - Rollins Raises Flag for WM3 (12-3-2002)
2003
Metroactive Music - SC Rocks to Free the Three (1-15-2003)
Las Vegas SUN - 'West Memphis Three' history (2-27-2003)
Las Vegas SUN - Talk 'n' Roll: Rock pioneer Rollins gives spoken-word performance Friday (2-27-2003)
Reason - Hell Hounds: How a musical moral panic destroyed three young men (April 2003)
Live Daily - Rollins Band tour to benefit West Memphis Three investigation (5-16-2003)
Rolling Stone - Rollins Tours for WM3 (5-20-2003)
Pop Matters - Interview with Mara Leveritt (6-10-2003)
WMC-TV - Court agrees to 'final' delay of condemned killer's appeals (6-19-2003)
The Salt Lake Tribune - Musicians speak out for West Memphis Three (6-27-2003)
KAIT - West Memphis Three (7-8-2003)
WMC-TV - Months-long delay yields no new DNA tests in West Memphis murder (7-11-2003)
Pasadena Weekly - Cruel and Unusual (Sep. 2003)
LA Weekly - The Devils' Advocates (9-5-2003)
Citizine - Jello Biafra Speaks at L.A. Art Benefit Gala (9-6-2003)
USA Today - Winona Ryder lends her celebrity to a legal cause celebre(9-7-2003)
Variety - USA ties up 'Knot' pic on murders (9-14-2003)
KATV Channel 7 - High Court Hears Another Argument in 1993 Child Murders (10-2-2003)
WMC-TV - West Memphis 3 convict pushes for new trial (10-3-2003)
The Times Record - Top Court Hears Echols Case (10-3-2003)
KATV Channel 7 - High Court Turns Away Echols Appeal (10-16-2003)
The Times Record - Court Says No Hearing For Killer (10-17-2003)
WMC-TV - West Memphis 3 leader loses another appeal (10-30-2003)
Jonesboro Sun - Court rejects Echols' bid for new trial (10-31-2003)
Kansan.com - Help free 'West Memphis Three' (11-20-2003)
2004
The Spectator - Death Penalty Abolition Week event examines homicide case (6-4-2004)
The Stranger - Ever Feel Cheated? The West Memphis Three's Damien Echols Speaks from Death Row (7-22-2004)
Daily Journal - Defense Lawyers Claim Juror Misconduct (10-29-2004)
Daily Journal - The Devil's Advocates (10-29-2004)
2005
KATV Channel 7 - Convicted Killer Damien Echols Appeal Denied (1-20-2005)
Eyewitness News Memphis - Echols' Asks Ark. Supreme Court To Reconsider Appeal (2-17-2005)
Eyewitness News Memphis - Arkansas Supreme Court Rejects Echols' Petition (2-24-2005)
PopMatters - To Do With Reality: An Interview with Burk Sauls and Brett Savory (3-10-2005)
Arkansasmatters/KARK - In Depth: Damien Echols (5-3-2005)
Arkansasmatters/KARK - In Depth: Damien Echols (5-4-2005)
Arkansasmatters/KARK - Damien Echols: In Depth (5-5-2005)
WMC-TV - Seventy cities host fund raisers for the West Memphis Three (5-7-2005)
The Guardian - Until you are dead (5-27-2005)
The Boston Phoenix - WEST MEMPHIS FREE: Global event for convicted metalheads (7-20-2005)
The Portland Phoenix - The West Memphis Three (7-20-2005)
BBC News - 'Satanic' killers hope to prove innocence (7-28-2005)
DVD Talk - Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (10-25-2005)
NWAnews.com - Filmmakers look back on Paradise (11-6-2005)
Chicago Tribune - `Paradise Lost' developments, installments keep coming (11-11-2005)
IGN - Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (11-17-2005)
Reviews of Warp Films' "Paradise Lost" double feature DVD edition (2005)
2006
KAIT - Governor Not Inclined Toward Clemency for 'West Memphis Three' (1-9-2006)
Blabbermouth.net - Former MISFITS Frontman To Hit The Road In Support Of WEST MEMPHIS THREE (1-24-2006)
KTHV - Attorney: West Memphis Three Deserve New Trial (4-6-2006)
CNN.com - Celebrities call for release of 'West Memphis Three' (5-13-2006)
SFist - SF Rolls Out the Punk Rock Red Carpet to Host Benefit Auction for the West Memphis Three (5-15-2006)
Las Vegas City Life - Benefit in black (6-1-2006)
KATV Channel 7 - West Memphis 3 Supporters Deliver Letters to Huckabee (7-14-2006)
Atlas Plugged - Saving The West Memphis Three (Aug. 2006)
2007
Arkansasmatters/KARK - Echols' Attorney: "Results... to shed significant light on the case" (2-2-2007)
Arkansasmatters/KARK - Author Speaks Out on New DNA in West Memphis Three Case (2-5-2007)
KAIT - Evidence Revisited In West Memphis 3 Case (2-6-2007)
KAIT - 14 Years After the West Memphis Three (5-11-2007)
WMC-TV - Did the West Memphis Three work alone? (5-17-2007)
KAIT - Attorneys Meet at Crime Lab to Discuss West Memphis 3 Case (5-17-2007)
DNA Evidence Being Examined in Case Against West Memphis Three (5-17-2007)
WMC-TV - Investigators review evidence in West Memphis Three case (5-18-2007)
WMC-TV - Lawyers meets with crime lab over DNA evidence in West Memphis slayings appeal (5-18-2007)
KAIT - Supporters of the West Memphis 3 Join Hands (6-2-2007)
WMC-TV - West Memphis Three supporters rally for new trial (6-7-2007)
WMC-TV - DNA evidence may connect family member to West Memphis 3 crime scene (7-19-2007)
KAIT - New Evidence in Case of 'West Memphis 3' (7-19-2007)
Arkansasmatters/KARK - DNA Status Report Released in West Memphis Three Case (7-19-2007)
WMC-TV - Court documents reveal new details in the cast of the "West Memphis 3" (7-20-2007)
KAIT - Mother of West Memphis 3 Victim Speaks About New DNA Evidence (7-20-2007)
WMC-TV - West Memphis 3: Mom speaks out on new evidence found at crime scene (7-21-2007)
American Chronicle - New Evience In The West Memphis Three Case (7-25-2007)
American Chronicle - Donations Urgently Sought For Echols' Defense Fund (8-9-2007)
American Chronicle - 'West Memphis Three' Could Go Free While Step-Father Hangs By A Hair (8-15-2007)
American Chronicle - Baden, Douglas, Among Top Experts Examining 'West Memphis Three' Case (8-18-2007)
Memphis Flyer - West Memphis Three on TV (9-14-2007)
WMC-TV - New evidence points to new suspects in West Memphis 3 case (10-29-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Attorneys: DNA Evidence May Clear West Memphis Three (10-29-2007)
Today's THV - Lawyer: No DNA Match To West Memphis Three (10-29-2007)
ArkansasMatters/KARK - New DNA Evidence for the West Memphis Three (10-29-2007)
Eyewitness News - West Memphis Three: Defense Attorney Says New Evidence Clears His Client (10-30-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Prosecutors Respond to West Memphis Three Evidence (10-30-2007)
LA Times - Lawyers file DNA motion in Ark. murders (10-30-2007)
WBIR.com - Review in West Memphis appeal will take time (10-30-2007)
KATV Channel 7 - Lawyer Claims DNA Tests Exonerate West Memphis Three (10-30-2007)
American Chronicle - Echols' Attorneys File New Motion Claiming Wrongful Conviction In 'West Memphis Three' Case (10-30-2007)
WMC-TV - Father outraged over son's conviction (10-30-2007)
New York Times - Defense Offers New Evidence in a Murder Case That Shocked Arkansas (10-30-2007)
ArkansasOnline - Defense presents new evidence in West Memphis 3 case (10-30-2007)
Eyewitness News - Echols' Lawyers Say New DNA Evidence Could Clear the West Memphis Three (10-31-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Hobbs' Attorney Unconcerned by New West Memphis Three Evidence (10-31-2007)
The Morning News - Official: Review Of West Memphis Appeal Will Take Time (10-31-2007)
WREG-TV - Defense attorneys release new evidence in West Memphis Three case (11-1-2007)
Eyewitness News - Continuing Coverage: Possible New DNA Evidence in West Memphis 3 Case (11-1-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Defense Attorneys Reveal New Evidence in West Memphis 3 Case (11-1-2007)
WREG-TV - Lawyers for Damien Echols lay out new federal case (11-1-2007)
KATV Channel 7 - Attorneys for West Memphis Three Outline New Findings (11-1-2007)
ABC News - Father of Victim to Convicted Killer: 'I'm Here for You' (11-1-2007)
Eyewitness News - Father of Murdered Boy Speaks Out: Says He Feels "West Memphis Three" Are Innocent (11-1-2007)
KAIT - Latest Evidence in West Memphis Three Case (11-1-2007)
WMC-TV - Panel outlines new 'West Memphis 3' evidence at news conference (11-1-2007)
Today's THV - DNA Evidence Could Free West Memphis Three If Brought To A Jury (11-1-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Unidentified Hair Could Free West Memphis Three (11-1-2007)
ArkansasMatters/KARK - Panel Of Experts Discusses Evidence In West Memphis Three Case (11-1-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Is West Memphis Three Evidence Publicity Stunt? (11-1-2007)
KAIT - A Look Back At West Memphis In 1993 After The Brutal Murders of Three Young Boys (11-2-2007)
WREG-TV - Victim's father wants West Memphis 3 set free (11-2-2007)
Times Record - Lawyer: Convicted Murderer Innocent (11-2-2007)
KAIT - West Memphis Three: A closer look at the trials and new evidence (11-2-2007)
Arkansas News Bureau - Defense attorneys discuss new evidence in West Memphis child killings (11-2-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Former Medical Examiner Weighs in on West Memphis Three (11-2-2007)
The Guardian/Observer - DNA could clear 'Satanic' triple murder teenagers (11-4-2007)
CNN - Defense: New evidence may clear 'West Memphis Three' (11-7-2007)
Batesville Daily Guard - Author passionate about ‘innocence’ (11-8-2007)
KAIT - Continuing Coverage: Pam Hobbs- Part 1 (11-8-2007)
KAIT - Continuing Coverage: Pam Hobbs Speaks Out - Part 2 (11-9-2007)
KAIT - Continuing Coverage: Pam Hobbs Speaks Out - Part 3 (11-9-2007)
KAIT - Closer Look: Supporters of the WM3 (11-13-2007)
Log Cabin Democrat - McDaniel updates local attorneys, judges on state cases (11-17-2007)
WMC-TV - Father of West Memphis 3 changes his opinion (11-27-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Judge: State Court Should Hear Appeal in West Memphis Slayings (11-27-2007)
WBIR.com - "West Memphis 3" appeal sent back to state courts (11-28-2007)
Eyewitness News - Judge: State Court Should Hear Appeal in West Memphis Slayings (11-28-2007)
KATV Channel 7 - New Campaign to Free "West Memphis Three" (11-29-2007)
KAIT - Support for West Memphis Three grows in Arkansas (11-30-2007)
People - Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Blogs About Latest Cause (12-3-2007)
FOX News - Dixie Chick Urges Donations to Defense Fund for Murderers (12-3-2007)
Tennessean.com - Dixie Chicks lead singer pens call to action for convicted murderers (12-3-2007)
OIL - Dixie Chick campaigns for 'wrongfully convicted' (12-4-2007)
Today's THV - Damien Echols' Wife Speaks About Campaign To Free Her Husband (12-5-2007)
The Morning News - Attorney General Seeks Permission To File In Oklahoma Case (12-13-2007)
Arkansas News Bureau - McDaniel seeks permission to file in Oklahoma case (12-14-2007))
The Morning News - That West Memphis Case -- Again (12-15-2007)
MyFox Memphis - Supporters to Bring 'West Memphis Three' Case to State Capitol (12-18-2007)
Today's THV - Supporters Bring West Memphis Case Back To Fore (12-18-2007)
Today's THV - Beebe Says No Clemency Planned For West Memphis Three (12-18-2007)
WMC-TV - Supporters rally for three convicted in West Memphis slayings (12-19-2007)
WMC-TV - Supporters gather at rally for three convicted of boys' slayings (12-19-2007)
The Morning News - Rally held for 'West Memphis Three' (12-19-2007)
Today's THV - Dixie Chicks Lead Singer In Town To Rally At State Capitol (12-19-2007)
Arkansas News Bureau - AG says protest won't affect 'West Memphis Three' case (12-19-2007)
News Channel 8 - Celebs Take Up Arkansas Murder Case (12-19-2007)
The Morning News - Echols' Pursuit Of 'Magic' (12-21-2007)
The Morning News - Death Row Wedding (12-22-2007)
Times Online - Satanist case may close death row (12-30-2007)
2008
WMC-TV - Defendant in 1993 West Memphis slayings plans for spring hearing (1-4-2008)
MyFox Memphis - Damien Echols Plans for Spring Hearing (1-4-2008)
The Morning News - No New DNA Evidence In West Memphis Case, McDaniel Says (1-16-2008)
People Magazine - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? (1-21-2008)
Today's THV - Lawyers: Funding Agreement Reached In West Memphis Slaying Case (1-23-2008)
Today's THV - April Hearing Planned In New Appeal Of 1993 WM Killing Case (2-28-2008)
KAIT - Hearing Set to Look At Results for DNA Testing for West Memphis 3 (3-1-2008)
The Orion Online - Benefit aims to make money to free imprisoned 'West Memphis Three' (3-5-2008)
WMC-TV - Dug up pool the latest focal point in the West Memphis 3 investigation (3-18-2008)
NPR - 'West Memphis Three' Inmate Makes New Appeal (4-11-2008)
MyFox Memphis - Hearing Set for Men Convicted in 1993 WM Slayings (4-14-2008)
Scoop - Breakthrough for the West Memphis Three (4-14-2008)
Scoop - West Memphis Three (Part II): Fearing The Best (4-15-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Judge in West Memphis Slayings 'Ready to Get it Over With' (4-15-2008)
KUAR - Judge in WM3 case "ready to get it over with" (4-15-2008)
KAIT - West Memphis 3: Hearings Scheduled for September (4-15-2008)
Economist.com - Crime and exoneration - In the DNA (4-17-2008)
CJOnline - Musicians band together for ‘West Memphis 3' (5-29-2008)
The Morning News - Defense: Witnesses Should Have Testified For Convicted Killer (5-31-2008)
CMJ Feature - Hot Topic: CMJ Checks In With Some Of The Music World's Most High Profile Causes [Scroll down to "The West Memphis Three"] (6-9-2008)
WXVT-TV - Ark. court denies defense requests in boys murder case (6-26-2008)
MyFox Memphis - Requests Denied Defense Team for West Memphis Three (6-26-2008)
WMC-TV - Step-father of a West Memphis Three victim writing book (8-9-2008)
American Chronicle - Unprecedented Evidentiary Hearing Set In "West Memphis Three" Case (8-10-2008)
The Associated Press - Lawyers return to court over 1993 Ark. slayings (8-20-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Lawyers Return to Court Over W. Memphis Slayings (8-20-2008)
The Morning News - Judge: West Memphis Slaying Hearings Likely (8-20-2008)
Texarkana Gazette - Judge says hearings likely to be held on West Memphis slaying (8-21-2008)
KAIT - West Memphis Three Hearings Draw Closer (8-21-2008)
Today's THV - Court: West Memphis Slaying Hearings On Hold (9-5-2008)
WTVM - Judge: No new trial for West Memphis killings (9-11-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Defense to Appeal in West Memphis Killings Case (9-11-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Baldwin to Appeal 1993 WM Slayings Conviction (9-24-2008)
KAIT - Jason Baldwin Set To Appear In Jonesboro Court (9-24-2008)
ArkansasMatters - 1:15 p.m.- One of West Memphis 3 Gets Hearing (9-24-2008)
ArkansasMatters - 6:10-WM3 Case Back in Court (9-24-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Baldwin Takes Stand in Craighead Co. Hearing (9-25-2008)
KAIT - Day Two Wraps With Baldwin Testimony (9-26-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Damien Echols Speaks (11-17-2008)
KATV Channel 7 - Damien Echols Speaks Part II (11-19-2008)
2009
ArkansasMatters - West Memphis Three Supporters Release New Tip Line (2-28-2009)
MyFox Memphis - Damien Echols Appeals Murder Conviction (3-26-2009)
MyFox Memphis - New Trial Sought for West Memphis Three's Miskelley (4-3-2009)
ArkansasMatters - New Development in WM3 Case (4-13-2009)
ArkansasMatters - Private Investigator Working WM3 Case (4-14-2009)
Las Vegas Film Examiner - DVD review Paradise Lost The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills UPDATE (4-20-2009)