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Wikipedia: West Memphis Three

Encyclopedia Article

The encyclopedia article on the West Memphis Three case, a landmark wrongful-conviction case from 1993 to 2011. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Citation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source.
Sources
Wikipedia: West Memphis Three
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)

This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 3 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Landmark Cases, 13 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 connected, 2 general references.
  • Criminal Justice Institutions, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

Well-attested

13

Criminal Justice Institutions

Holds

4

Connected

3

Criminal Justice Institutions

General References

3

Criminal Justice Institutions

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