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Particular, um, you know, the further it goes, and its very complex, but now were at a point where it seems very clear. again, were just asking the arkansas supreme court just accepts this well-prepared case and argument and understands that they -- now is the time. they have a chance to make it right. >> larry: natalie, have any of you, natalie, eddie or lorri met with any of the victims families? >> well, um, i have not. um, i think im going to get to meet some people today, which i look forwa...

Boys who was horribly killed was even questioned, which -- you know, i watch enough of your show to know that usually the first people interviewed are the people closest to the victims. and thats just one small example of how many things were done poorly in the initial case. >> larry: and nobody likes to admit it. lorri, i understand that members of the family of the victims are kind of split. the mother of one of the victims, stevie branch, has come to believe that the west memphis three were r...

The stepdad of one of the little boys who was horribly killed was even questioned, which -- you know, i watch enough of your show to know that usually the first people interviewed are the people closest to the victims. and thats just one small example of how many things were done poorly in the initial case. >> larry: and nobody likes to admit it. lorri, i understand that members of the family of the victims are kind of split. the mother of one of the victims, stevie branch, has come to believe t...

Allow the times -- you know, weve kind of been a bit of a silent partner in this case over the years because we kind thidi think it was going to help their cause, initially, if they heard people from -- a rock musician was helping them out. thats part of what got him into trouble in the first place. was, you know, listening to what some people thought was the wrong music or hard music or loud music. or reading books that were, um, you know, not -- not of the norm. what was the beginning again? >...

And, you know, after ive gone to visit damien, there are days and stretches and, you know, that experience resonates and stays within you. and i think its one of the reasons ive really tried to do everything i could for the case and stay close with lorri and dennis and everybody involved. because it really -- its -- it stuck with me. i think about it a lot. and, and -- especially sometimes when im in open spaces. hes on my shoulder. im thinking about him a lot. and what i can tell you though, la...

>> oh, sure. the original testing, dna testing, barry sheck of the innocence project was critical in setting up the original testing. in fact, in our arguments on the 30th, the northwestern innocence project has submitted a brief amicus curaie, that in most of these conviction cases you have either a false confession by a mentally handicapped juvenile or a phony expert testimony or wonderful eyewitness testimony. what theyve demonstrated and weve demonstrated is this is the perfect storm of all ...

Disagree ♪ >> larry: another celebrity whos become involved in the case of the west memphis three is johnny depp. at the voices for justice rally saturday night, depp read some passage from damien echols journal. >> its been well over 16 years since ive actually walked anywhere. sometimes i still cant wrap my mind around that. im working on my 17th year now. there are times when ive thought surely someone is going to put a stop to this. surely someone is going to do something. >> larry: lorri,...

Weve kind of -- kind of been a bit of a silent partner in this case over the years because we didnt think it was going to help their cause, certainly initially, if they heard that, you know, people from -- you know, a rock musician was -- in a rock band were helping them out. thats part of what got him into trouble in the first place was, you know, listening to what some people thought was the wrong music or hard music or loud music or reading books that were, you know, not -- not of the norm. w...

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>> someone is going to do something. >> larry: do they know something the jury didnt? find out next on "larry king live." >> larry: joining us from little rock, arkansas, eddie vedder, the lead vocalist and guitarist for pearl jam. natalie maines, the lead vocalist of the dixie chicks. lorri davis, the wife of damien echols. damien echols is one of the three men known as the west memphis three. convicted in the 1993 murders of three young boys. echols is on death row. and as you know was intervi...