BAD KID congratulates three of our all-time favorite Goths: Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin. Otherwise known as the West Memphis Three. These poor guys were imprisoned by a bunch of Arkansas hicks for almost 20 years after they were falsely accused of murdering three boys in 1993. Apparently they wore too much black and owned way too many Metallica albums to be trusted.
They were finally freed this week in a bizarre scenario in which they plead guilty but were then allowed to maintain their innocence. It's apparently some bullshit, arcane legal device known as the "Alford Plea."
Lesson to be learned about hill-billies and bigots: After enough pressure, they'll do the right thing, but they'll do it "their way."
If you haven't seen the films about their plight; "Paradise Lost: The Robin hood Murders" and "Paradise Lost 2: Revelations," do it now. They're great documentaries that really convey the danger of living "differently" in a community of close-minded and under-educated people.
Congrats boys. Now go LIVE your lives!
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OMG! I cant believe it. Thank god! I had nightmares about that documentary b/c I was so TORN up about it. They were so obviously innocent, and the land of real hard core hicks can run a town, b/c the police, the law and the judge are all hicks and worked together. horrible true story. I'm so glad they're freed.
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