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Damien Echols and his co-defendants Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin - known as the West Memphis Three - were charged with the murders and mutilation of three 8-year old boys in West Memphis in 1993.
After spending time on death row, all three men were eventually released in 2011, when they agreed to register an Alford plea that allowed them to maintain their innocence while pleading guilty.
Depp, along with Pearl Jam guitarist Eddie Vedder, Dixie Chicks member Natalie Maines, musician Henry Rollins and filmmaker Peter Jackson, decided to help pay the legal fees to free the three men.
37-year old Echols - who always wears sunglasses because he developed a sensitivity to daylight after spending so many years in a prison cell - said Depp's support wasn't limited to his involvement in the movie.
"He's been with us every single step of the way," he explained. "Since we've gotten out, he's become like a brother to me."
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