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A man charged with shooting and killing another man in 2018 using a gun he said he thought was an airsoft gun agreed to a plea deal Wednesday that will require him to serve a year in jail and attend a firearms safety class, court records indicated.

For years, the stepfather of one of the three children killed in West Memphis, Arkansas, has maintained his innocence, despite public outcry to investigate him. During a special…

The lawyer for a Little Rock man accused of beating his wife to death more than three years ago quit Friday after the judge refused to postpone an evidentiary hearing and the pending first-degree murder trial for the 61-year-old defendant.

The lawyer for a Little Rock man accused of beating his wife to death more than three years ago quit Friday after the judge refused to postpone an evidentiary hearing and the pending first-degree murder trial for the 61-year-old defendant.

Damien Echols' request that evidence from the West Memphis Three case be submitted for new DNA testing doesn't meet the requirements under Arkansas Act 1780 of 2001, Prosecuting Attorney Keith L. Chrestman wrote in a Crittenden County Circuit Court filing on Tuesday.

Damien Echols request that evidence from the West Memphis Three case be submitted for new DNA testing doesnt meet the requirements under Arkansas Act 1780 of 2001, Prosecuting Attorney Keith L. Chrestman wrote in a Crittenden County Circuit Court filing on Tuesday.

Attorneys representing Damien Echols, one of three men convicted of the 1993 killings of three boys whose bodies were found in a drainage ditch near West Memphis, petitioned a court Monday to permit new DNA testing of evidence, hoping to exonerate the men.

Attorneys representing Damien Echols, one of three men convicted of the 1993 killings of three boys whose bodies were found in a drainage ditch near West Memphis, petitioned a court Monday to permit new DNA testing of evidence, hoping to exonerate the men.

One of the centerpieces of the “West Memphis Three” case says an Arkansas prosecutor is refusing to cooperate with DNA testing that could potentially help solve three murders…

Damien Echols said new DNA testing is being stalled by an Arkansas prosecutor that could lead to his innocence in the West Memphis murder of three boys.