I definitely think it's awful they had to admit to killing the boys in order to get out.

I'm just so sort of absorbed in this right now. I find Damien very fascinating. I don't think he did it, but I am kind of weirded out by him...at least younger him. It did seem very strange to me how calm he seemed to be even when the verdicts were read and he was sentenced. I guess I just expected some kind of reaction out of him, even if it just meant sort of dropping his head or something.

That scene of him in PL (it was towards the end of the movie but I think was shot prior to the trial) saying that he kind of liked it all and that he'd be the West Memphis boogeyman... I don't know. I get that he was young and maybe at that point didn't honestly think he could be convicted, but it just seemed a really odd thing. And then he said in the second movie that that had been a joke. I don't believe that for a minute.

Reading his first book, I had the feeling a few times that he was making things up. I don't know why and can't even think of a specific example, but somethings just didn't feel right.

I'm really shocked at how...unaffected all three of them seem to be. I watched a few interviews and things. Spending more than half your life in prison, especially for such a heinous crime that you didn't even commit, seems like it would have left you somewhat stunted in some way. I remember watching the scene in PL3 where Jason is eating with his girlfriend at the hotel. I know he was kind of shocked at the cheese in the salad and excited about his suitcase, but it seemed like he was almost too normal.

I need to look around for more on him. I think it did speak volumes that he would rather have stayed in prison than take the blame for those murders. And I imagine he felt like he was given another really shitty hand having to be the deciding factor in the plea...either go against what he stands for or to allow Damien to be executed.