andiwonderwhy: If this is a personal issue with you, I am sorry for your anger and distraught feelings. I can’t speak for the people who posted the first few responses here but in my opinion, you are the attacker. They have posed questions and expressed opinions. Correct me and/or them if they are truly in error. Thanks. JMO

Not to mention there are always individuals who want a "quick fix"...find someone, try them, and put them away for life. I too have read up on this case when looking at other cases that seem not to add up. SarahB...if you would like to peruse another good case, check out www.wm3.org. It's an article on The West Memphis 3.

andIwonderwhy I think you owe sarahB1 about $5 for all that info good job sarah, and all the facts needed are that the dna is not a match case closed.

andiwonderwhy: The court doings on this case have been in and out of the newspapers for the past couple of years. I read a lot of the court filings and old newspaper accounts several months ago. It's quite an interesting case to read about, especially because it shows how easily one could be convicted of a serious crime before science developed processes regarding DNA evidence. This man's brother confessed to the crime many years ago to three women in Texas and they contacted Madison authorities. Unfortunately, before DNA samples could be obtained from the brother who confessed, he died and his remains were cremated. I think the court is now making the right decision to drop the charges; I just wish it hadn't taken so long. Mr. Armstrong deserved better. I remember when this murder took place and the shock it sent throughout the UW campus in Madison. At the time, I shared a flat with several coeds about three blocks from the murder site. An interesting tidbit is that the night of the murder, Jackson Browne was taping a music video on Madison's State Street ... just a few doors away and at about the same time as the murder took place.

I am amazed at how fast people start putting their 2 cents in. Do you personally know all of the facts? Did you see or witness the trial and all of the evidence? Do you know what the DNA found or who it was from or where it was taken from? I agree the system is not perfect, but we are humans and if found guilty over 25 years ago by a jury of peers, then there must have been more evidence that proved "beyond a reasonable doubt" that he was guilty. And with that I would like 3 cents change for your 2 cents of input.

Well, the prosecution undoubtedly thinks that "failed to link" is not the same as "proven not the offender". It's interesting, of course, how sure they can be of DNA evidence when it makes their case, yet how uncertain when it seems to unravel it.
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As a citizen I am appalled to have on my conscience the continued incarceration of a judicially innocent man.

Why is this not cut and dry? if DNA proves he is not the offender then I believe the state owes this man a speedy release not to mention a nice cash settlement