The West Memphis Three case was featured this weekend on CBS News' 48 Hours Mystery.
Those of us in Arkansas who have been following the case for 17 years won't find a lot of new material here. The film draws on some of the trial footage that was used in the influential HBO Paradise Lost documentaries. But the show also carries the case forward. It includes new interviews with Damien Echols, his wife, defense attorneys (then and now) and celebrity supporter Johnny Depp.
I wonder if Gov. Beebe watched this show? Or has watched the HBO films? Or read Mara Leveritt's fine book about the case? Several years ago, when the WM3 case was making news, I inquired if Gov. Huckabee had ever watched the films or read the book that inspire so many impassioned letters to the Arkansas governor's office. The answer was no.
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of course not, that's Huckabee's problem, he could have been a shining light, but he chose to be a dim bulb, getting dimmer.
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