Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3 has asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to hear an appeal regarding a decision to use new technology to test DNA evidence. Echols is asking the state's highest court ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DNA evidence in the West Memphis Three case will reportedly be tested in July. One of the West Memphis Three, Damien Echols, ...

Three groups have filed amicus curiae briefs in support of Damien Echols in his case before the Arkansas Supreme Court. Amicus curiae is Latin for "friend of the court." Amicus curiae briefs are filed ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. In a 4-3 decision, the ...

LITTLE ROCK — A lawyer for one of the men convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in West Memphis says the Arkansas Supreme Court should grant a new trial because of scientific evidence ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed and remanded a Crittenden County Circuit Court’s denial of a request by Damien Echols for further DNA testing of evidence from the West Memphis Three ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Damien Echols in his effort to get new DNA testing on items from a 1993 triple homicide known as the West Memphis Three case. In a 4-3 ruling, ...

In May 1993, three eight year old boys were found dead in a wooded area in West Memphis, Arkansas. Later that year, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. were arrested and ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) – The legal team for one of the defendants in the infamous West Memphis 3 case said Wednesday that evidence believed to have been lost in the case has been found at the West ...