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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.

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.

An attorney involved in the West Memphis Three case, in which three teenagers were convicted of killing three boys in 1993, is claiming that evidence related to the case that was believed to be lost or destroyed has been locate

An attorney for one of three men convicted in one of the most high profile murder cases in recent Arkansas history said he was granted access to evidence needed for new DNA testing as part of decades-long efforts to exonerate the West Memphis Three.

An attorney for one of three men convicted in one of the most high profile murder cases in recent Arkansas history said he was granted access to evidence needed for new DNA testing as part of decades-long efforts to exonerate the West Memphis Three.

Attorneys for one of the three men convicted in a 1993 Arkansas murder case that received international attention will be allowed to examine whatever evidence remains from the case that is being stored at the West Memphis Police Department, a publicist for the West Memphis Three said.

Attorneys for one of the three men convicted in a 1993 Arkansas murder case that received international attention will be allowed to examine whatever evidence remains from the case that is being stored at the West Memphis Police Department, a publicist for the West Memphis Three said.

The West Memphis Police Department has 30 days to respond to a lawsuit by Damien Echols who says he was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of three boys.

ADVERTISEMENT Attorneys file motion for records on missing West Memphis Three evidence by Neal Earley | Today at 4:25 p.m. The West Memphis Three sit at a table during a news conference at the Craighead County Courthouse in Jonesboro after their release from prison in this Aug. 19, 2011, file photo. From left are Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. and Jason Baldwin. The three had pleaded guilty to the 1993 deaths of three West Memphis children in exchange for an 18-year sentence plus time ser...

Tyler Barefield asks for new trial in 2017 capital murder conviction © Provided by KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff A man convicted of shooting then crushing two Pope County men is asking a judge for his conviction and sentence to be thrown out and have a new trial.  In September 2016, Tyler Barefield was arrested after two men, Aaron Brock and Beau DeWitt, were found shot and crushed inside a Chevrolet Impala at his familys Russellville salvage yard.  Tyler Barefield appeared in a Pope County ...