west memphis 3 set free from prison!

[M|X|Y]

I AM SO HAPPY FOR THIS TODAY!

dudes were in jail for 18 years, one of them was about to be put to death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three

so great(y)

years ago i watched the film (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=west+memphis+3+documentary&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=0l0l3l74l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=vid&source=og&sa=N&tab=wv&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=8856f7a4eb57fa53&biw=1076&bih=696) about them. i sent some books for them to read in prison. i remember the book i sent damien was about meditation and how to visit other places through it.

there's a live news conference about it here (http://www.tmz.com/)

[Guy Incognito]

whilst i understand the situation, i dont understand the alford plea thing fully, are they admitting that its understandable to have convicted them in the first place. I read up on the alford plea and i still dont get it.

I am always full of different emotions when i read/see stuff about wrongly convicted people.

[M|X|Y]

i think these pleas have to do with the state protecting itself from being sued by the 3 guys.

basically, these guys were convicted of murder because they were metal-heads who dumb people thought were satan worshipers.

this release happened really suddenly. i choked up a tiny bit when i saw them at the press conference. i don't think i would've made it through those 18 years if i were these guys. its a tragedy that people were actually murdered and its really a tragedy that these three innocent men lost so much of their lives.

[Bob]

i remember the book i sent damien was about meditation and how to visit other places through it.



i volunteered for a time with a program that sent books to prisoners, and those kinds of books were pretty common requests actually. a lot of astral projection and a lot of occult stuff.

the biggest requests were dictionaries

[like2_drink]

My dad called me before I went into work yesterday to tell me that my WMT t-shirt he bought me was now a museum piece, I didn't get it until he started shouting over the phone that they were freed!!:D I'm so happy for them; I'm so happy their time has come!

[M|X|Y]

i volunteered for a time with a program that sent books to prisoners, and those kinds of books were pretty common requests actually. a lot of astral projection and a lot of occult stuff.

the biggest requests were dictionaries


interesting... i can see why. i remember that we were not allowed to send them books ourselves - i had some books of my own that i wanted to send. it was required that the books were purchased directly from a major seller and shipped by them.

[M|X|Y]

My dad called me before I went into work yesterday to tell me that my WMT t-shirt he bought me was now a museum piece, I didn't get it until he started shouting over the phone that they were freed!!:D I'm so happy for them; I'm so happy their time has come!


i wonder what life is like for someone like these guys who were pretty much doomed to rot and die in the system - the release came so suddenly, their heads must be spinning.

[M|X|Y]

bob, did you every encounter any kind of smuggling going on with the book thing you worked on? what can you possibly put in a book? a blade i guess


i think i would really love for someone to send me one of those 3D books with a sheet of blotter acid in it.

[Bob]

interesting... i can see why. i remember that we were not allowed to send them books ourselves - i had some books of my own that i wanted to send. it was required that the books were purchased directly from a major seller and shipped by them.

i guess every prison has different restrictions. some of the ones we sent to had restrictions based on size, or hardcover/paperback, or most commonly bans against books with spiral bound books, since they didn't want anyone turning the wire into a weapon

there wasn't any kind of smuggling or anything: all the stuff we sent went through the prisons' mail rooms, i'm guessing they looked over everything before they passed it on to the prisoners.

[like2_drink]

i wonder what life is like for someone like these guys who were pretty much doomed to rot and die in the system - the release came so suddenly, their heads must be spinning.

I hope they prosper now that they are out..I know a few ppl in there right now (rightfully convicted..) who are trying to turn their lives around - they eat 3 square meals a day, workout, and read; I hope the WMT did the same. Agreed, their heads must've been spinning for the past 18 years, hopefully they can finally settle now.

what can you possibly put in a book?

you can lace cocaine/heroine in books if u press it right