In 2007, a retrial seemed imminent. But instead of going to trial and risking defeat, the state of Arkansas offered the West Memphis Three a deal to let them go free—an Alford plea, in which ...

Years after the trial, as he worked to clear the names of the “West Memphis Three,” Stidham enlisted the help of two retired ...

In a later trial, Echols was sentenced to death and ... of innocence while the charged crime is registered. For the West Memphis Three, in 2011, this plea meant they would be re-sentenced for ...

The Untold Story of the West Memphis Three Murder Case." Co-written with Tom McCarthy, the book is a true insider's look into the trial and its aftermath. Stidham also offers up plenty of new ...

Three 8-year-old Cub Scouts were found murdered in Arkansas in May 1993, their bodies hogtied and thrown into a ditch — and their genitals so horrifically mutilated that prosecutors could only ...