Jessie Weston

On the 2nd of March 1998, a 10 year-old boy, LMW, was charged with the manslaughter of Corey Davis, a 6 year-old boy. Corey Davis was drowned in the Georges River when the defendant, LMW, dropped him in with what was thought to be the complete knowledge that the victim was unable to swim. The prosecutor, Greg Smith, claimed that “the young boy knew what he was doing and understood the consequences of his actions when he pushed Corey Davis into the river at Macquarie fields”. Although LMW was only

The poem Who's for the game. "Who would much rather come back with a crutch, than lie low and be out of the fun?" Throughout the poem "Who's for the game", Jessie Pope convinces many soldiers to go to war by asking questions in every stanza. "Who's for the game, the biggest thetas played, the red crashing game of a fight?", she asks the reader in an excited tone, allowing the soldier to have a very positive effect on war. 'Who wants to play in this fight?', as if to say that the idea

mutilated. Immediately, rumors began that due to the brutal nature of the crime, it had to be that of satanic doing. On the flip side of the above innocent youngs boys, there are the three very troubled teens that live in the same town. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin. They were three well known teenagers in West Memphis Arkansas. The three teens had definitely made a name for themselves in their home town. There were rumors of

multiple injuries and died from drowning. Investigators believed this to be the result of a sacrifice from a satanic cult, and immediately had a suspect. June 3rd, investigators arrested Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Miskelley. By March 18th 1994, Damien, Jason and Jessie were all convicted of the murders of the three boys. Many issues arose during the investigation and trial, which was highly publicized and documented by HBO. After

To begin with, I can honestly say the filmmakers of this amazing Documentary “Paradise Lost” thought that these three young men Damien Echols, Jessie Lloyd Misskelly, Jr, and Jason Baldwin were mainly guilty because of the negative vibes throughout the entire movie. When these three defendants were in custody being interviewed the filmmakers were going back to back from interviewing to the crime scene, giving everyone an okay they are guilty look on their faces. Like when they were interviewing Damien

teenagers were accused and convicted because they were outcasts and no other leads were pursued. Even though the West Memphis Three got justice after almost two decades of serving time, the original trial was prejudiced. The three teenagers were Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin, and Damien Echols. They had records of criminal activity and violent behaviour. Furthermore, Misskelley and Echols had dropped out of school. Echols and Baldwin were close friends, but only acquainted with Misskelley. Echols

Introduction Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steven Branch were second-graders in Weaver Elementary School (Egan, 2016). On May 5, 1993, they went missing after going on a bike ride in West Memphis, Arkansas (Leveritt, 2002). On the next day, their bruised and mutilated hog-tied naked bodies were found in Robin Hood Hills near Interstate 40, setting off an all-out effort to find their murderers (Linder, 2013). Within a month, police was convinced that three outcast teenagers were responsible

pointing fingers at Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, three teenagers who were different from the norm in West Memphis, making it easy for them to be accused. I believe the boys were wrongfully accused of this crime because there is a lack of evidence in the case pointing to the boys, and the crime just seems to convenient for these three to actually pull off. During the

Revenge, the abuse of authority and the desire for power are all present in both Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible and the case regarding the West Memphis Three. To understand the connection you need to know something about the case. Three young boys were murdered on May 5, 1993 (Leveritt 5). They were stripped of their clothing, their hands were bound and they were forced underwater in the nearby creek where they stayed until they were found the next day. Little evidence was collected the day

In my excerpt of the reading, In Ecotopia’s Big Wood’s, Weston laments on Ecotopia’s vast forests that are treated with human dignity. The forests are looked at in a “religious” matter and treated like family. The logging system includes education on the importance of trees in nature and how they must be preserved by any means necessary. Weston even writes about a young man, who he points out did not seem under the influence, leaning on a tree and saying, “Brother Tree!”. This appears to be the consensus