West of Memphis (2012)

Lorri Davis: Self - Damien Echols' Wife

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• Lorri Davis : This is the first e-mail that I received from Fran and Peter, and it's 7-25-05. "What a horror story, unbelievable. Something positive has to come from this. What can we do down here in New Zealand? Our names are Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. We would like to offer financial assistance to help facilitate, hopefully, a positive outcome in Damien's appeal to the federal court."

  Peter Jackson : When Fran and I first got involved, it felt like the case was in a holding pattern. But it wasn't a holding pattern for Damien's chances of staying alive. That doesn't go into a holding pattern.

  Lorri Davis : "Dear Fran and Peter, your email was a welcome sight on a very hot Monday morning here in Arkansas. My name is Lorri Davis and I have been involved in working on the case for nine years. There are many twists and turns to the story. It's still incredibly frustrating. Appeal's taking forever and funds always needed."

  Peter Jackson : I have a pathological hatred of bullying and people in power crapping on people who have no ability to defend themselves. I believe in justice. I think there are good people and bad people. People do horrible things and should be punished. Justice should be fair, it should be honorable, it should be decent, it should speak to our values as human beings that right must prevail. And all that I could see in the case of the West Memphis Three is wrong was prevailing and that wrong was being perpetrated by people who, I believe, knew they were doing wrong.

• Lorri Davis : [reading an email sent by Fran Walsh]  "We know that all of this could have happened in the space of just 20 minutes. It almost certainly happened before dark, which means the crime in all likelihood occurred between the hours of 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. Who knew these boys well enough to kill them? Who was out looking for them? From where I stand we are pretty much left with a list of three people: Mark Byers, Terry Hobbs, and Todd Moore. Mark Byers began looking for Chris from 6 p.m. Terry Hobbs was looking for Stevie Branch from 5 p.m. Todd Moore was out of town. We're left with two stepfathers. But only one of them has ever been scrutinized as a suspect. Byers once referred to himself as the giant red herring of this case, and I think he was speaking the truth. That is why I am interested in Terry Hobbs. Hope this helps to explain where I'm coming from. Sending much love to you, Fran."

• [last lines] 

  Lorri Davis : [reading a letter Damien wrote]  "My dearest Lorri, I love the letter I got from you today. The one about us changing. You were right, we should be looking forward, not back. You give me the strength to face anything, but I also know that not everyone is like you. If they were, then everyone would be in love. I love the way Master and Margarita ends. The way they get to spend eternity together, alone. That they are granted peace."

  Damien Wayne Echols : "And you are left to wonder what adventures they'll have next."