Damien Echols, the author of Life After Death , and wife Lorri Davis, spoke and signed copies of their new book, Yours For Eternity, at the Tattered Cover Bookstore Monday night. Echols spent almost 20 years on death row in Arkansas before DNA tests proved him and two co-defendants innocent of the murders of three 8 year-olds in West Memphis, Arkansas. I had never head of the case, even though several documentaries were made about it and many celebrities, including Johnny Depp, campaigned for his release. Echols said the publicity was essential in obtaining his release. He cited another death row inmate in Arkansas, who did not get any publicity, and who was executed even though DNA evidence appeared to clear him. Now I know that Arkansas is the home state of our beloved ex-President Bill Clinton, but after hearing Echols discuss the place, I think I might just cross it off my "must visit" list.
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