Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three.
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Atria Books, 2002.
Physical Desc
432 pages
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Jennings Co PL - North Vernon - Adult Non-Fiction364.1523 LEVOn Shelf

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Other Editions and Formats

More Details

Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Atria Books, 2002.
Format
Book
Language
English

Notes

Description
"Arkansas investigative journalist Leveritt (The Boys on the Tracks) presents an affecting account of a controversial trial in the wake of three child murders in Arkansas. In May 1993, three eight-year-old boys were found mutilated and murdered in West Memphis, a small and tattered Arkansas town. The crime scene and forensic evidence were mishandled, but a probation officer directed the police toward Damien Echols, a youth with a troubled home life, antiauthoritarian attitudes and admiration for the "Goth" and Wiccan subcultures. Amid rumors of satanic cult activity, investigators browbeat Jesse Misskelley, a mentally challenged 16-year-old acquaintance of Echols, into providing a wildly inconsistent confession that he'd helped Echols and a third teen, Jason Baldwin, assault the boys. Leveritt meticulously reconstructs the clamorous investigation and two jury trials that followed. All three boys were convicted on the basis of Misskelley's dubious statements and such "evidence" as E

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Leveritt, M. (2002). Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three . Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Leveritt, Mara. 2002. Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three. Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Leveritt, Mara. Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three Atria Books, 2002.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Leveritt, Mara. Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three Atria Books, 2002.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.