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Arkansas Supreme Court Decision Allows New DNA Testing in Case of the ​“West Memphis Three,” Convicted of Killing Three Children in 1993

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On April 18, 2024, the Arkansas Supreme Court decided 4-3 to reverse a 2022 lower court decision and allow genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the 1993 killing of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis. The three men convicted in 1994 for the killings were released in 2011 after taking an Alford plea, in which they maintained their innocence but plead guilty to the crime, in exchange for 18 years’ time served and 10 years of a suspended sentence. 

Seven Prisoners Hanged in Iran, One in Public

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Iran Human Rights, April 30: According to the Iranian state media six prisoners have been executed in three different Iranian cities in the past days.

Four prisoners hanged in the prison of Kerman on April 26:

According to the state run Iranian news agency Aftab, four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kerman Friday April 26.

Two of the prisoners were convicted of participation in armed smugling of 263 kilograms opium and 243 kilograms of crack, while the other two prisoners were convicted of armed smuggling of 188 kilograms of crack, said the report.

None of the prisoners were identified by name.

Four other prisoners convicted of drug related charges were hanged in the prison prison of Kerman a week earlier.

Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Varamin (near Tehran) Sunday April 28

According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Varamin early Sunday morning April 28. The prisoners were identified as Ghasem B. charged with possession and trafficking of 400 grams, and Hadi Kh. charged with possession and trafficking of 547 grams of crack, said the report.

One prisoner was hanged publicly in Kazeroun (southern Iran)

According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA one prisoner was hanged publicly in Kazeroun (Fars Province, southern Iran). The prisoner was identified as S. A. and was convicted of sodomy rape.

Source: Iran Human Rights, May 1, 2013
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