Damien Echols has sat on death row for almost 16 years. The story of the horrible crimes for which he and two of his friends were accused is well documented in the film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. The West Memphis Three as they have come to be known are almost certainly innocent. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the measure for deciding one’s guilt in our criminal justice system. As the film details, there is no proof, only doubt in this case. A man’s life is on the line. Now that Echols has spent half of it locked away, he is seeking a new trial. The very fact that such a well publicized sham of a case has yet to have been reversed is appalling .