A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
Steph...Wow. Talk about a town being ass backwards. After 3 boys are found horribly murdered, the town of West Memphis assumes it must be some sort of occult killing and rush out and charge three teenagers with the crime because they wear black and listen to heavy metal. All three teenagers are later convicted and one is sentenced to death. The film makers of this documentary said that they tried to make it so you didn't know if the teenagers killed the boys or not. Watching this, to me, it was clear that these teenagers were basically being railroaded (at one point the prosecutor says very plainly that they don't have much evidence against the boys but that they must have done it). In the years since this was made a lot more evidence has come to light. But not against the "West Memphis Three," but against the step-dad of one of the murdered boys. This documentary is a great example of how biased people can be against you just for being a non-conformist. Definitely watch this.
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