West of Memphis Page #3

There's evidence of genital mutilation,

and the red is the shaft of the penis.

CARSON:
Jason told me how

he dismembered the kid.

He sucked the blood from the penis

and the scrotum

and put the balls in his mouth.

You take this knife and drag it,

and it rips and tears.

The knife is being twisted

and the victim is moving.

Just like in the picture.

DRIVER:
Damien, he had a book that he wrote in.

It was pretty dark.

A lot of death, a lot of...

He talked about dead children.

FOGLEMAN:
"Thirsty for blood

and the terror of mortal men."

Look favorably on my sacrifice."

I think they went out in the woods.

They may not have been meaning

to kill them.

And then it just got out of control.

And Damien,

I think he was the mastermind

over Jason and Misskelley.

I do believe that. I do.

You begin to see inside

Damien Echols.

And you look inside there

and there's not a soul in there.

I know he's guilty, you know.

I can't imagine the fear going

through them boys

watching one another get killed.

Knowing they was next.

I can't believe the heinous crime.

"We, the jury, find Damien Echols guilty

of capital murder"

in the death of Stevie Branch.

Guilty of capital murder

in the death of Chris Byers.

"Guilty of capital murder

in the death of Michael Moore."

A message has to be sent.

You can't be involved in murder

and expect to get away with it.

REPORTER:
Misskelley was sentenced to life

in prison for the murder of Michael Moore.

And 40 years for the murders

of Steven Branch and Christopher Byers.

"We have determined that

Jason Baldwin shall be sentenced

to life imprisonment without parole."

If I'd been on the jury,

I sure would have found them guilty.

If there is ever an appropriate case

for the death penalty in Arkansas,

you've got it in your hands now.

That they burn in hell.

They wanna worship the devil,

let them meet him. I hope they do soon.

BURNETT:
"We the jury have

determined that Damien Echols"

shall be sentenced to death

by lethal injection."

I was kind of, I guess, happy,

if I could...

Might say that word, that everybody else

was as angry at them as I was.

Now my boy can play

and go on about his life in heaven

the way it is,

and I'll go on with mine

the best I can.

And I'm glad it's over.

It's like the community felt

like they were relieved

that somebody was behind bars

and that they didn't have to be quite

as scared as they were. They were guilty.

OPERATO:
This call originates

from an Arkansas correctional facility.

I have a prepaid call from:

DAMIEN:
Damien.

OPERATOR:
An inmate at Varner Unit.

If you wish to accept... Thank you.

LORRI:
Damien and I

probably have 5000 letters

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