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Arkansas State Supreme Court to Allow Recording, Broadcast

Get ready to watch Damien Echols' attorney's oral arguments live on wm3.org on September 30!

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Supreme Court says it will begin
allowing the media to photograph and broadcast arguments made before
it and before the state Court of Appeals - with limits.

An administrative order released Thursday said equipment will soon be
installed at the Justice Building that would allow recording and
broadcasting of oral arguments made in the court chambers. The rules
also allow Webcasting.

Objections may raised by judges, lawyers and witnesses; and juveniles
and undercover agents cannot be shown.

Permission was previously given to lower courts, with similar limits.
The media are to set up a pool arrangement to distribute material from
the courtroom.

The rules bar e-mails and Tweets unless the judge says they're OK.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Marilyn Manson WM3 Interview

Well... Manson's onstage speech and video presentation about the WM3 was cut from the live broadcast of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards on VH1C last night but here's his red carpet interview from the day of the program. The Skeleton Key auction for two signed guitars from the show go up for auction beginning tomorrow, May 24. All proceeds will go toward the WM3's legal defense fund so get registered and get your bids in right away!

Revolver Golden Gods Marilyn Manson Interview

Fogleman Defeated in Bid for Arkansas State Supreme Court!!!

Henry Wins AR Supreme Court Seat

By JILL ZEMAN BLEED Associated Press Writer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A first-term appeals court judge has defeated a longtime
circuit judge and prosecutor to land a seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Appeals Court Justice Courtney Henry led Circuit Court Judge John Fogleman
56 percent to 44 percent with 58 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday
night. Henry, of Fayetteville, was elected in May 2008 to serve on the
appeals court for District 3, which includes seven counties in northwest
Arkansas. Her campaign gained the backing of former President Bill Clinton.

A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Henry worked in
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, then worked as an appellate attorney for eight years.

Fogleman served as deputy prosecuting attorney for Crittenden County from
1983 to 1994. In 1993, he was prosecutor in one of Arkansas' most infamous
cases -- the murder trials of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie
Misskelley, known to supporters as the West Memphis Three.

Since 1995, he's served as judge for the Second Judicial Circuit, which
covers Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi and Poinsett in east
Arkansas.

In other statewide races, Monty Davenport and L.J. Bryant are headed to a
runoff for the Democratic nomination for state land commissioner. Pulaski
County Clerk Pat O'Brien led in the race for the Democratic nomination for
secretary of state, but hadn't reached enough votes to avoid a runoff with
Mark Wilcox, the term-limited land commissioner.

Tuesday's primary wasn't an election night for Gov. Mike Beebe. He faced no
Democratic challenger in his re-election bid and will face Little Rock
businessman Jim Keet in the fall.

Copyright Associated Press, Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.

Revolver Golden Gods Awards Airs May 22, Skeleton Key Auctions Go Live on May 24

Be sure to watch Revolver Golden Gods Awards this upcoming Saturday night,
May 22 2010, on VH1 Classic at 10PM (est). Marilyn Manson doesn't perform
but made a very special appearance only to declare his support for the WM3
and help raise awareness for their case.

The current issue of Revolver Magazine (out May 11) features an interview
with Damien Echols.

The Monday following the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show, separate auctions
for two autographed guitars from the awards show go live on Skeleton Key
Auctions. Autographs include heavy metal legends such as Slash, Jerry
Cantrell, Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Scott Ian and many more! The auction
begins on May 24 and ends on June 10, 2010, 17 days which will represent each
year that Damien, Jessie and Jason have been unjustly imprisoned for crimes
they are innocent of. 100% of the winning bids will go to the WM3's legal defense fund which is a tax
deductible 501(c)(3) corporation. Please visit the Skeleton Key Auctions website and
pre-register so in order to get your bids in soon-- these ones are going to
be HOT!

WM3 Commissary Accounts

WM3 Commissary Accounts

http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/sending_m...

Please send donations directly to Damien, Jason and Jessie in order for them to buy nutritious foods as well as paper, stamps etc to reply to supporter mail. You may use money order or a credit card. Click this link and enter their ADC # (available on Wm3.org) to begin the process!

A Sound of Thunder benefit single for WM3 now available!

Metal band A Sound of Thunder has written and recorded the song "Justice At Last" for and about the West Memphis Three.  The song is released May 10th, available on iTunes and at all major digital music outlets,  as a very special charity single benefiting the WM3.  100% of proceeds will go to the West Memphis Three Legal Defense Fund.  

A Sound of Thunder is a female-fronted heavy metal band from the Washington, DC area.  Formed in 2008, A Sound of Thunder has toured the Eastern US playing their brand of classic metal with catchy riffs, powerful vocals, and sing-along choruses, and released their debut EP in March 2010.  Social justice has been an interest of the band from the start.  "Justice at Last" was written in a fit of anger and outrage one late night after watching the film Paradise Lost, a documentary about the West Memphis Three.  The music and lyrics of the song cover the range of emotion evoked by the case itself, from sadness to anger, and even hope.

A Sound of Thunder is proud to release "Justice at Last" in support of the West Memphis Three.  This charity single gives WM3 supporters a chance to join together and raise a large amount of money for the WM3 with only a $0.99 individual donation.  It only takes $0.99 and one or two clicks of the mouse.  Please click one of the links below, buy the song, and help free Damien, Jason, and Jessie. 

Find it at iTunes.

Find it at Amazon.

Get it at eBay (CD).

Visit A Sound of Thunder here.