Also, they were never proven innocent. They had to cop an Alford plea, which is a guilty plea, in exchange for their sentences to be commuted to “time served.”

It’s a case that’s been near and dear to my heart since it happened — I was just like them, a dark weirdo who loved heavy metal, and we even lived in the same state. I wrote about it: https://medium.com/@delanirbartlette/the-satanic-panic-and-the-west-memphis-three-e833532970b0