Damien Echols' Wife Speaks About Campaign To Free Her Husband

?It's a big day around here obviously. We have Damien Echols' wife," says Magic 105 radio host.

Wednesday in a rare interview, Lorri Davis-Echols agreed to an hour long discussion with the Magic 105 morning crew.

She's stood by her husband's innocent plea since they were married in 1999, five years after he was sentenced to death.

"I see him once a week for three hours. We talk every day and we write to each other,? explains Davis-Echols.

Her husband was sentenced to death for the 1993 killings of three young boys in West Memphis, Christopher Byers, Steven Branch and Michael Moore.

The trio played together, disappeared together, and died together. Their bodies found beaten and mutilated.

More than 12 years later, Echols along with Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin are still behind bars, still claiming their innocence, still asking for help.

?Are they not screaming? Are they not saying ?Get me out of here? Get me out of here?? Do they have faith that this is going to happen,? asks the radio host.

?Absolutely they have faith. They're so grateful for all the people that have come forward and are their voices," replies Davis-Echols. In October, lawyers filed a petition in Little Rock federal court which included new evidence, like DNA test results that show no link to the three men who were convicted.

Davis-Echols says, "Suddenly everything falls away. The state's case falls away. There were no knife wounds on these victims. So you slowly start taking apart the state's case which is what we worked so hard to do."

So Lorri Davis-Echols is gearing up with her campaign "Arkansas Take Action" to overturn the convictions. She's hoping a letter writing rally will persuade the state capitol to consider the new evidence in the case.

She urges, "We need your help right now more than ever. So write those letters. Go to the website. Watch the press conference, and you will be convinced. Let's make this happen."

John Mark Byers, the father of one of the murdered boys, has joined the ranks of thousands who are participating in that. It?s scheduled for Dec. 18 at the State Capitol.

You can make checks payable to:

Damien Echols Defense Fund P.O. Box 1216 Little Rock, AR 72203

Prosecutors say they still believe they have the right people in prison and that defense attorneys are grasping at straws.