David Burnett (politician)
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David Burnett is a State senator
in the U.S. state of Arkansas
representing Senate District 15, which comprises Mississippi and Poinsett counties. He was elected to the Senate in 2010. Before entering the Senate, Burnett was a judge. Burnett is notable for being the original trial judge of the West Memphis Three
case, and who also refused to reopen the case upon later discovery of evidence supporting the innocence of the 3 teenagers convicted in that trial.
State Senator
A state senator is a member of a state's Senate, the upper house in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a legislator in Nebraska's one house State Legislature.There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state's lower house...
in the U.S. state of Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
representing Senate District 15, which comprises Mississippi and Poinsett counties. He was elected to the Senate in 2010. Before entering the Senate, Burnett was a judge. Burnett is notable for being the original trial judge of the West Memphis Three
West Memphis Three
The West Memphis Three are three men who were tried and convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was...
case, and who also refused to reopen the case upon later discovery of evidence supporting the innocence of the 3 teenagers convicted in that trial.