Criminals born on December 11

Take a focused look at the criminals born on December 11. Dive into curated bios, achievements, and cultural milestones verified by our editors.

• 1974 Damien Echols

  Damien Echols is an American man who was one of the 'West Memphis Three', a group of teenagers controversially convicted in 1994 for the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Echols spent over 18 years on death row before being released in 2011 after entering an Alford plea, which allowed him to assert his innocence while acknowledging … [bio]