Arkansas


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - With the fervor of a religious revival, more than 2,000 people packed an auditorium in Little Rock and shouted alongside movie and music icons like Johnny Depp and Eddie Vedder: "Free the West Memphis Three!" But the real star of the late August rally sat 75 miles away on Arkansas' death row.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Justices on the Arkansas Supreme Court sharply questioned the state attorney general's office Thursday, asking what damage could be done if a judge examined evidence that allegedly exonerates an inmate sentenced to death for killing three Cub Scouts in 1993.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Supporters of a death row inmate convicted in the murders of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts began lining up outside the Arkansas Supreme Court more than two hours before the court was to consider whether to grant him a new trial.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Lawyers for one of the men convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in West Memphis say he should be granted a new trial because of new evidence in the case.

SCRAPER, Okla. - Ellen Thompson remembers the first time she came to the Illinois River in 2006 to kayak: She saw cattle - and their droppings - alongside the river and heard tales that the waters were infested with poultry manure.
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