Jason Baldwin, a man who spent 18 years in Arkansas prisons as one of the WM3 - the West Memphis Three - for a grisly 1993 murder, despite spotty evidence, will speak in Olympia. Baldwin, a teen when he was convicted in 1994, will speak about his experience as an innocent man sentenced to life without parole. The story gained international attention, and outcries by a long list of celebrities, after the 1996 release of the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, which was critical of the investigation of the crime and the trial. Following his talk, Holly Ballard of the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will speak about capital punishment and the work that is being done in Washington State.

INNOCENCE AND THE DEATH PENALTY: A CONVERSATION WITH THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE'S JASON BALDWIN, 7:30 p.m.,Olympia Timberland Library, 313 Eighth Ave. SE, Olympia, free admission, 360.352.0595