(Submitted) Robert Smith of The Cure will be auctioning a new re-mastered double vinyl set of "Disintegration" autographed to raise money for the defense fund of the West Memphis Three.The West Memphis ThreeDamien Echols (who is on death row), Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jrwere convicted for murdering three elementary school children in 1994.
Since the horrific crimes, DNA from the crime scene and victims was tested by the country's most trusted crime lab, and none of it matches these three unjustly imprisoned men. Damien Echols' appeal for a new trial will be held on September 30 before the Arkansas State Supreme Court, and Jason and Jessie's attorneys will soon file motions for new trials with the ASSC.
The auction will last for 17 daysfrom September 20th to October 7thone day for each year the West Memphis Three have spent behind bars. June 3, 2010 marked the 17th year anniversary that Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. have been behind bars for a crime they did not commit.
The starting bid for the vinyl has been set at $100.
"Please bid generously and help free the West Memphis Three - this grotesque miscarriage of justice has dragged on for 17 years too long." Robert Smith, The Cure.
For further information about the signed vinyl and to place a bid, log on to www.skeletonkeyauctions.com.
More on the West Memphis Three http://www.wm3.org/
