Legal Headline News: West Memphis 3...B of A layoffs

UPDATE! After nearly two decades in prison for the murder of three young boys, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., commonly known as the West Memphis Three, stood up in a courtroom here on Friday, proclaimed their innocence even as they pleaded guilty, and, minutes later, walked out as free men.

Bank of America, the country’s largest bank, will slash 3,500 jobs this quarter and will continue with a plan to cut 10,000 jobs over the next year, according to news reports that surfaced Friday.