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She Worked One of the Real Cases Behind “True Detective.” She Says We Still Haven’t Learned Its Lessons.

When Mara Leveritt looks back on her time covering the West Memphis Three case, she is reminded of her favorite quote from Joseph Conrad: “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” In the mid-’90s, sensational headlines about the West Memphis Three, the group of teenagers accused of killing three young boys in a satanic ritual, were seemingly everywhere.

 

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