'npr's Andy Carvin's #wm3 tweets

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Jason Baldwin about to leave presser. He looks overjoyed and overwhelmed. Others get up. Echols: "We will talk to y'all again." #wm3

7 minutes ago

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Echols: I haven't slept in 4 days. I'm completely, absolutely exhausted. #wm3

8 minutes ago

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Echols: I want to publicly thank Jason, too. He didn't want to take this deal initially. He did it entirely for me. Thank you. (hug) #wm3

10 minutes ago

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Baldwin: If it was just me, as much as I hated prison.... I was willing to fight it. But (Echols) had it so much worse on death row. #wm3

10 minutes ago

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Echols: when they came to the case the first time, (the prosecution) spun ghost stories, rumors, innuendo. #wm3

12 minutes ago

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More on the Alford Plea, which allowed the West Memphis Three to be released today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_pl… #wm3

13 minutes ago

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Lawyer: Does anyone believe that if the state had even the slightest conviction they were guilty, they would let them walk free? #wm3

14 minutes ago

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Baldwin: I'm gonna live my life the best I can and enjoy every moment of it. #wm3

15 minutes ago

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Echols: I'm just tired. This has been going on for over 18 years. This has been an absolute living hell. #wm3

16 minutes ago

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Lawyer: I can only imagine the Sophie's Choice that Jason had to make. He took someone's life off death row today. He's a hero. #wm3

16 minutes ago

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Baldwin, on why he accepted this release deal: they were trying to kill Demian. Sometimes you just have to save somebody. #wm3

17 minutes ago

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Baldwin: you can't live your lives in fear. This isn't justice. We told the truth but they sent us to prison. #wm3

18 minutes ago

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Misskelly: even in prison, you have to worry about your safety, every day. #wm3

18 minutes ago

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Echols: It's not perfect, but at least it brings closure to some aspects. We can still try to clear our names but now from the outside. #wm3

19 minutes ago

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Echols: Still very much in shock. You have to take in consideration I've been in solitary confinement. It's kinda overwhelming. #wm3

19 minutes ago

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Amazing to think that Damien Echols woke up this morning on death row and will go to sleep in his own bed tonight, a free man. #wm3

20 minutes ago

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Damien Echols still has the dark black hair, flopping to each side. Jessie Misskelly is bald, with some type of tattoo on his head. #wm3

23 minutes ago

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"My name is Damian Echols, and I was imprisoned for 19 years for a crime I didn't commit." #wm3

24 minutes ago

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One of them is now smiling. Chewing gum, it seems. #wm3

24 minutes ago

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#wm3 presser beginning. So strange to see them in their 30s. They look very quiet, pensive. Damian's the most recognizable.