Life After Death

A frightening indictment of police and political corruption and a warning to anyone who dares to be different from the cultural norm.

Damien Echols is a conundrum of epic proportions. I really wanted to like this guy, I did. His book started off quite funny and entertaining. But he is ever drawn to dark and negative things in life, never even trying to fit in with anyone else. It is no wonder he was singled out by law enforcement, because he insists on constantly pushing everyone's boundaries and gets a kick out of it. His personality disorders became seriously a downer over the course of the book. I didn't finish it. When does the "whoa is me" stop? When does he take control of his own life and start growing up? It seems he was targeted by Dept of Human Services, needed the help, and then let his parents do evasive stuff to deny him from getting any real help. This is precisely why he was jailed. Even if he hadn't gotten put in jail for the Memphis Three crime, he would no doubt have been damaged and troubled for many years to come. I agree that the adults in his life were a disaster, but he had enough intelligence early on to steer his life in another direction and made extremely poor choices.

Knowing these three and personally testifying in one of the cases, it was a great book. Lots of corruption in the West Memphis Police Department and it was very obvious they convicted these 3 because of being poor and different. Damien did awesome bringing things to light in this book. Its a must listen to book

Great book

Boring and disappointing

Great book!