Synopsis
A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.
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Cast
- Jason BaldwinSelf
- Damien EcholsSelf
- Jessie Misskelley, Jr.Self
- John Mark ByersSelf
- Gary GitchellSelf
- Terry HobbsSelf
- Lorri DavisSelf
- Don HorganSelf
- Johnny DeppSelf
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's final film about the West Memphis Three demonstrates how the first two docs played a role in galvanizing national support to free the wrongly convicted men. - 90
Variety
Destined to rank as one of the major achievements in American documentary, the "Paradise Lost" project comes to a presumed end with Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
This is one of the most fascinating of all true crime stories. - 80
Village Voice
The new film is more informational than resonant. But you can still sense a vacuum, a rat pit of stories waiting to be unearthed. The dark something that triggered the whole ordeal in West Memphis is still out there.
