my day has entirely revolved around damien echols, jason baldwin, and jessie misskelley, also known as the west memphis three. i won't go into their back story, they've been in prision for 18 years for a crime they did not commit. that's almost my whole life, which i find disgusting.
yesterday when i heard that 2 of the 3 were going to be released IF they pleaded guilty, it became all i thought about, all i could talk about.

today, for the majority of the day, i had 2 live streamings from outside the court house. i was really impatient during it all. there was a press conference with someone and they announced that they'd been freed. i can't think of how to describe how i felt, other than i was thinking my eyeballs were going to explode if i didn't cry. they said that all 3 pleaded guilty but still remained innocent, which really quite annoyed me. they just got evidence to prove they didn't do it, why wouldn't they rely on that?
when the guys came out for the press, that is when my eyes exploded. it was just so weird, i knew this day would happen, but i just couldn't comprehend, it was actually happening.
they addressed that they pleaded guilty because they didn't want to spend any longer in there, it was their soonest chance for freedom. my favourite part was jason baldwin explaining so passionately that he was doing it for damien, yes 3 children were killed, but they couldn't have had damien loose his life from this too. a spokesperson for jason then explained that jason was originally against the idea of pleading guilty, he wanted to continue fighting for the truth to be proven. he only agreed to do it to save damiens life.
i know i haven't made it sound so impressive as he said it, but really it was the most touching thing i had ever heard. their hug after that was beautiful too, it just made me so happy.

although justice has not really been served for any of the west memphis three, or the victims who were murdered, i am so happy that they are at least out of prison, they can finally have their lives back.