Life After Death Life After Death

Life After Death

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Publisher Description

The New York Times bestselling memoir by Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, who was falsely convicted of three murders and spent nearly eighteen years on Death Row.

In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis Three—were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. The ensuing trial was marked by tampered evidence, false testimony, and public hysteria. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison; while eighteen-year-old Echols, deemed the “ringleader,” was sentenced to death. Over the next two decades, the WM3 became known worldwide as a symbol of wrongful conviction and imprisonment, with thousands of supporters and many notable celebrities who called for a new trial. In a shocking turn of events, all three men were released in August 2011.

Now Echols shares his story in full—from abuse by prison guards and wardens, to portraits of fellow inmates and deplorable living conditions, to the incredible reserves of patience, spirituality, and perseverance that kept him alive and sane while incarcerated for nearly two decades. In these pages, Echols reveals himself a brilliant writer, infusing his narrative with tragedy and irony in equal measure: he describes the terrors he experienced every day and his outrage toward the American justice system, and offers a firsthand account of living on Death Row in heartbreaking, agonizing detail. Life After Death is destined to be a riveting, explosive classic of prison literature.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2012
September 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
5.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Shuntook ,

Devoured this book

I used to live in Memphis in the mid to late 90's up to 2002 so I remember hearing the name "West Memphis 3" etc but until I happened upon this book at a book store I had no idea what a travesty of justice these three boys endured. I read this book in 2 days. How he maintained his humanity in the face of the brutality and inhumanity of the penal system is literally beyond me. I would have died. Mind boggling story. I used to teach American history and I cannot believe this happened in this country.

Judy Woods ,

Life After Death

This "news" story haunted me from the beginning. My own children were born in the 70's, we lived in Memphis, & common sense negated every "story". I remember asking my son, very seriously, "do you wear all black because of a satanic cult?"
"NO, MOM!! I'm Catholic!" I was relieved, but the story of these boys, bothered me, because of a kid being different!!!

Read this book!! You will, cry, laugh, ( in my case, relate), & feel joy for their release, but incredible sadness, for the horrific
"Spun Stories" which kept these young men from life.

Mr. Damien Echols,
Thank you.
I am so sorry for the injustice inflicted upon you, & all prisoners.
Our Higher Power has Graced you.

Judy Woods
Memphis, TN

JaysCyn ,

Wow!!

God Bless these guys! So disappointed in our legal system. I appreciate this book and all the for more information notes at the end. I won’t be able to sleep peacefully until I get involved with an organization that helps the wrongfully accused.

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