Doubts aroused as they were at fault, and many people, including those of celebrities, rockers Henry Rollins and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, the country group Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines of members and actor Johnny Depp.
Depp said recently, insisting that they were released: "I'm here because I firmly, truly, 1000 per cent believed that Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley absolutely innocent.