West Memphis 3 Case?

Today I've been hearing on tv about The West Memphis 3 case. I know the case has been on the media since a few years ago but I never paid much attention to it. What is the West Memphis 3 case all about?

The t Memphis 3 Case explained:

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.

The killers of these boys were 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.

In September 2008, Judge David Burnett (Circuit Court) denied Echols' application for a hearing on the new DNA evidence. Hearings for Baldwin and Misskelley were scheduled to continue in August, 2009.

Echols' next stage in the legal process is an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court. Unless that court reverses the conviction, he will proceed to federal court on his pending writ of habeas corpus.

That's basically the case.