Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Oct 13 2012
•2h 1m
•Documentary, Crime
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.
Cast
See allJason Baldwin
Self
Damien Echols
Self
Jessie Misskelley Jr.
Self
John Mark Byers
Self
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