"Paradise Lost" Documentaries

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Watching the third, most recent film, now. For folks who like documentaries the first and third are must-see. The middle film is less interesting. Amazing to see how easy it was, especially before modern forensic testing, to convict these teenagers when there was, essentially no evidence aside from a coerced confession from a mildly mentally retarded teenager (which wasn't even admissible in the conviction of the other two defendants).
 

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I've watched the three as well.

Just an FYI, there is a very recent documentary on the same subject by the same group titled "West of Memphis." That is the only one I have yet to see.

It was pretty bizarre to watch them. I changed my mind a couple times wondering who actually killed them. Guess we'll probably never know.
 

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Yeah, I do think West of Memphis is a better film - but, there's something to be said for the "progression" in real time.
 

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Yeah, I do think West of Memphis is a better film - but, there's something to be said for the "progression" in real time.

Agree. I'd recommend watching them in order starting with the first, which is pretty old by now. Then with each newer documentary (seemingly about every 3 years or so), you get to follow the progressions of the case and new leads, etc.
 

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