American writer; former member of the West Memphis Three
Damien Echols
Echols at the 2012 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas
Born
Michael Wayne Hutchison
(1974-12-11) December 11, 1974 (age 49)
Marion, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupation
Writer
Known for
Member of the West Memphis Three
Website
damienechols.com
Damien Wayne Echols (born Michael Wayne Hutchison; December 11, 1974) is an American writer, best known as one of the West Memphis Three, a group of teenagers convicted of a triple murder. Upon his release from death row in 2011 under an Alford plea, Echols authored several autobiographies and spiritual books. He has been featured in multiple books, documentaries, and podcasts about his spiritual works and the West Memphis Three case.
Damien Wayne Echols (born Michael Wayne Hutchison; December 11, 1974) is an American writer, best known as one of the West Memphis Three, a group of teenagers...
1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. DamienEchols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. to life imprisonment plus...
case was profiled on the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, and DamienEchols of the West Memphis Three, whose case was profiled on the HBO series...
by Amy Berg, and produced by Berg, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, and DamienEchols (who is the primary subject of the film) and his wife, Lorri Davis....
Hour. Special guests include Phil Hendrie, Stephen Root, Drew Pinsky, DamienEchols, Trudy Goodman, Jason Louv, Caitlin Doughty, Michael Marcanio, Maria...
entitled Illusions with Echols. It consists of 15 songs and was released October 31, 2007. The lyrics are written by Echols and Graves, and feature J~Sin...
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the memoir of the West Memphis Three's DamienEchols. The book (and subsequently, the film) will focus on Echols' experience on death row after being wrongfully...
Chen. " Echols of West Memphis 3 talks about appeal, death row." CNN. September 29, 2010. Retrieved on September 29, 2010. "Echols , Damien." Arkansas...
Vedder has advocated for the release of the West Memphis 3 for years and DamienEchols, a member of the three, shares a writing credit for the song "Army Reserve"...
a "Russian prison movie". The character of Eddie Munson is based on DamienEchols, one of the West Memphis Three who was wrongly convicted in 1994 of...
The liner notes, written by Burk Sauls, assert that the conviction of DamienEchols, Jessie Misskelley Jr., and Jason Baldwin was a miscarriage of justice:...
Memphis, Arkansas. In an interview with Larry King on December 19, 2007, DamienEchols, who was then on death row for the murders, said that Vedder had been...
Pitts discussed his career motivations during an interview with DamienEchols: Echols: What is your inspiration for acting? Why do you do it? Pitts: Money...
have ever seen on television. Not may be. Not might be. It just is." DamienEchols, who as one of the West Memphis 3 was convicted and served nearly two...
trial and the subsequent legal battles of three Arkansas teenagers, DamienEchols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., convicted of murder. The court...
who holds the title 'Magistra Templi Rex' within the Church of Satan DamienEchols (born 1974), American occultist, convicted child murderer and author...