Mr. Nelson is god. One should read everything that he writes. In two thousand years people will be awaiting the second coming of Mike Nelson. Rhodes is a wonderful college, and I wish that I had been wise enough ( in my college days) to shun Yale for such a personalized undergraduate education

I'm fascinated by the West Memphis Three case, but the advocacy nature of so much of the available information (the documentaries, the wm3.org website) has always left me with the feeling I'm not getting the whole story. The main figures in the West Memphis and Arkansas justice system have long said that the movies and website skirt the true facts, and if those facts were known people would understand that the guilty parties are in prison. Leveritt wisely took this assertion as the premise of her book--she decided to put it to the test. She has done a brilliant, dispassionate job of it. My understanding of this case had deepened tenfold by the time I finished reading the book (as well as its exhaustive end notes). Every opportunity is given to advocates of the boys' guilt to bring to light those missing "true facts." It is utterly horrifying to see how this process actually casts more doubt on the case that the prosecutors and police created. The horror is compounded by the obvious fact that Leveritt is not presenting a slanted version of the story. She goes above and beyond to find those crucial "true facts" that will establish guilt. But it seems they don't exist.

The documentaries, website materials and other information about this case (I've been semi-obsessed with it since 1996) have always left vague, nagging doubts in my mind. This book erased them.

This book is yet another of many pieces that solidify (like we needed anymore proof really) that there are 3 men who are serving time in prison for a horrific crime they did not commit.Time is running out, at least litterally for one of them, Damien.Once you get hooked by this case, you will feel haunted by it.People, including celebrities, are standing behind these three men, demanding that true justice be served.This book took the challenge that was posed by the higher ups that were involved in the case, which was that in revealing all of the facts, people would know the truth. Well this book succeeded, but only to the demise of anything that the prosecution and law enforcement agents built up to be a case againt the three. This book is extensive with the facts of this case, and reveals the truth to be that sadly enough modern day Salem Witch Hunts take place in America.Please, help free these 3 men, before it is too late, especially since Damien is facing death. ...

Did you think that the days of the Salem Witch Trials were over? In this book, veteran true crime novelist Mara Leveritt gives us a thoroughly detailed and in-depth look at the Robin Hood Woods murders and how three innocent young people were sent to prison (two with life sentences and one to death row) because of what they believed, how they dressed, and the kind of music they listened to. Leveritt's intense passion for the truth and her ability to uncover it is highly evident. The world has a right to know how an inept police investigation, outright lies, and religious bias fueled the prosecution's case, culminating in one of the worst instances of abuse our legal system has ever known. Read this book and be very afraid because it could just as easily happen to you.