and he was going to be their expert in the occult. >> dennis riordan is damien's attorney. >> this ism a diploma mill in california parading as an expert in this field when the fbi has looked at this and said this whole satanic thing is utterly unfounded. >> griffiths pointed out that the killings took place over a full moon and that practitioners of satanism wore black. >> i just wore what i liked and the black clothes happened to be what i liked. >> listening to heavy metal, wearing black clothing. >> reading steven king books. >> none of these are crimes. >> they thought they were. to them it may have not been a crime but they were indicators of the type of person who would commit a crime. >> when you say that, i'm sort of detecting a bit of bitterness. >> there is a little. i try not to be. >> but his bitterness was apparent during the trial. and it cost him. damien didn't exactly help himself on the stand, did he? >> no. no. damien was conceited, arrogant, and he fell into something that is very adolescent. >> you know, when i was a teenager, i really was a smart ass. i always fe

attorney dennis riordan. >> i was immediately very reluctant to get involved in a death penalty case.rsue the death penalty unless they feel the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, and i was stunned to find out that there was not, in my opinion, a single piece of credible evidence in the death case of this man's guilt. >> damien echols, jason baldwin and jessie misskelley, now known as the west memphis three, have all found supporters from all over the world, including celebrities like actor johnny depp and rock musician eddie vedder. do you know how rare it is for someone on death row to be set free? >> there are so many things about this case and about my life in general that are against the odds that things like that don't even make me blink anymore. >> and that support has led to hundreds of thousands of dollars for dna testing of a hair found at the crime scene. and that has led to some startling revelations. >> the dna evidence proves that there were no sexual assaults. the forensics produced that, as well. the material that does exist, all three defendants are eliminated from it