By Geno McGahee

The lawyers that are representing the West Memphis Three have reached a potential deal that may allow Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, to walk free.

All three have been in prison since 1993 and the deal would not be a full exoneration, but the men would not admit guilt and be released. Damien is on death row for the murders and the campaign to release him and Badlwin and Misskelley has been a long one, and it may have just come to a successful end with the rightful release of the West Memphis 3.

The three were convicted in the deaths of three 8 year old cub scouts with the allegation that it was a Satanic ritual. Misskelley was manipulated into a confession, fed many of the facts by the police and corrected when he said something that was different than the story.

The vivid imagination of the jury, the fear of the outcasts, and shady police work put them away and now, after nearly two decades, they will most likely be freed. It will be a great day in the world when they walk out of the prison and begin their lives away from the bars.