Damien Echols Quotes

Damien Echols is an American who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death as part of the "West Memphis Three". He was imprisoned in June 1993 and on was put on Arkansas' Death Row in March 1994. He was released in August 2011 in an agreement with the state of Arkansas known as an Alford plea. Wikipedia

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Damien Echols Quotes

“Teenage girls
with no life experiences
and boys who
call themselves punk
are on my radio
singing about
how much pain they've endured
and how hard
their lives are”

Damien Echols

Poem written on Death Row; from Arkansas Literary Forum, Volume 9 2007 http://www.wm3.org/live/thewm3/damien_details.php?id=30, as noted on the Free The West Memphis 3 web site. (url accessed on October 16, 2008).

Life , Pain , Girl , Boy