Review: ‘West of Memphis’ is chilling, heart-wrenching
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »By Natasha Bodily Three teenagers—Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr.—were convicted of first-degree murder in 1994 in the murders of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Ark. Echols got the death sentence; Misskelley and Baldwin were sentenced to life. ...
Vindication: Sundance documentary clears men after 17 years in prison
Monday, January 30th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Vindication: Sundance documentary clears men after 17 years in prisonStory & Photos by Ben Hansen Special to the HNC PARK CITY—Designed on the principle of innocent-unless-proven-guilty, the U.S. justice system is supposed to prosecute the guilty and protect the innocent. Usually, the system does this job as intended. Unfortunately, there are ...