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42 U. Mem. L. Rev. 1061 (2011-2012)
Satanic Panic and Defending the West Memphis Three: How Cultural Differences Can Play a Major Role in Criminal Cases

handle is hein.journals/umem42 and id is 1073 raw text is: ESSAY Satanic Panic and Defending the West Memphis Three: How Cultural Differences Can Play a Major Role in Criminal Cases HON. DAN STIDHAM* HALEY FITZGERALD** JASON BALDWIN I. INTRODUCTION .................................... 1062 II. SATANIC PANIC GRIPS WEST MEMPHIS ................ 1066 III. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT ..................... ..... 1070 A. Salem Revisited ............. ..................1070 B. The Myth of Satanic Ritual Abuse ...............1074 IV. THE CONCEPT OF THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUS .... ..... 1082 V. THE WEST MEMPHIS SCAPEGOATS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A FAIR TRIAL.. ..................... 1083 VI. THE CONFESSIONS OF JESSIE MISSKELLEY, JR...................1089 VII. THE ALFORD PLEA .................................1099 VIII. CONCLUSION ................................ .....1101 * Hon. Dan Stidham is an Arkansas State District Court Judge and adjunct Professor of Political Science at Arkansas State University. He served as trial counsel for Jessie Misskelley, one of the West Memphis Three. The West Memphis Three were wrongfully convicted in the brutal murders of three eight-year-olds in 1994. ** Haley Fitzgerald is an adjunct Professor of English at Arkansas State University, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, where she teaches Composition and Litera- ture. She holds bachelors' and masters' degrees in English, and a masters' de- gree in Heritage Studies. She is currently completing a Ph.D. in Heritage Stud- ies. *** Jason Baldwin is one of the West Memphis Three. He was wrongful- ly convicted in 1994 and released by the State of Arkansas via an Alford plea after serving eighteen years and seventy-eight days in prison. 1061

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