'Echols is a talented writer, and when the book dips into his own spiritual and philosophical achieves the kind of emotional resonance that many similar books lack.A tragic and often disturbing story.' - Booklist Essential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir.' - Kirkus Reviews searing, finely wrought memoir.' - Publishers Weekly Life After Death is destined to be a riveting, explosive classic of prison literature. In these pages, Echols reveals himself a brilliant writer, infusing his narrative with tragedy and irony in equal measure: he describes the terrors he experienced every day and his outrage toward the American justice system, and offers a firsthand account of living on Death Row in heartbreaking, agonizing detail. Now Echols shares his story in full - from abuse by prison guards and wardens, to portraits of fellow inmates and deplorable living conditions, to the incredible reserves of patience, spirituality, and perseverance that kept him alive and sane while incarcerated for nearly two decades. In a shocking turn of events, all three men were released in August 2011. Over the next two decades, the WM3 became known worldwide as a symbol of wrongful conviction and imprisonment, with thousands of supporters and many notable celebrities who called for a new trial. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison while eighteen-year-old Echols, deemed the 'ringleader,' was sentenced to death.

The ensuing trial was marked by tampered evidence, false testimony, and public hysteria. who have come to be known as the West Memphis Three - were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.

Life After Death by Damien Echols