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In this article, the writer discusses the case of the three teenagers in the mutilation murders of three eight-year-old boys in Mara Leveritt's book 'Devil's Knot'. The writer offers an opinion on why the jury did not have sufficient evidence to convict and why the jury reached its conclusion.

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"'Devil's Knot' by Mara Leveritt chronicles the background and trials ofthree teenagers in the mutilation deaths of three eight-year-old boys inArkansas in Damien Echols Jessie Misskelly and Jason Baldwin amidonly circumstantial evidence and public views of them as satanists aretried and convicted for the three boys' murders This paper will examinethe key evidence and testimony presented at the trial of Echols andBaldwin evaluating how strong these pieces of evidence are and how strongthe case against these two boys is offering

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