Months ago, the Circuit Court for Crittenden County dismissed Damien Echols’ petition to use new technology to test certain evidence for DNA in the West Memphis Three case. On Jan. 9, Echols filed an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court…
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Judge Rejects New Evidence Testing in Case of West Memphis 3
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Associated Press reported today that an Arkansas judge has rejected the latest request to allow new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. Crittenden County Circuit Judge Tonya Alexander…