One case in 1993 took the entire nation by storm leaving many uncertain of their own beliefs. As three men were convicted of murdering three young boys, many across the states would come to defend the men of the crime. Although the case was full of pressured decisions and faulty evidence the authorities needed to calm the community somehow. The unusual circumstances of the investigation and subsequent trial of the West Memphis Three, along with the unbelievable amount of publicity after their conviction, have made this one of the most controversial murder cases in modern American history. On May 5, 1993 three boys went out for a bike ride before dinner and never came home. They were later discovered in Robin Hood Hills, murdered (Egan, 2016, para.1). The three boys came home from school that day like any other and joined their friends on a bike ride that went drastically wrong. After hours of the boys not coming home their parents became very worried and called the police for help. While searching through Robin Hood Hills, Steve Jones, an officer on the …show more content…
The next day Gitchell tells press that he feels confident about his case (Linder, 2017, para.12). Even though no DNA from the suspects was found at the crime scene but a hair strand from Steve Branch’s step dad, Terry Hobbs (Egan, 2016, para.6). Since the case, many have started to wonder about the teens and the guilt building up.With more and more evidence arising West Memphis was starting to believe that the outside world did know what they were talking about . The new evidence raised many questions about where the victims really were and what actually killed the young boys. While Misskelley and Baldwin were set for life sentences, Echols was put on death row because of Misskelley’s confession. Even the mother of one of the victims, Pam Hobbs, had second thoughts about what really happened (Dewan, 2009,