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American politician and former jurist

This article is about the Arkansas Senate member and former judge.

PART I. I. Birth and Parentage.

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For other persons with a similar name, see David Burnet (disambiguation).

David Burnett (born 1942 or 1943^[1]) is an American Democratic politician and former member of the Arkansas Senate. Before he entered the Senate, Burnett had been a judge.^[2] Burnett is known as the trial judge of the controversial West Memphis Three trial during which he made several serious mistakes.^[3]

West Memphis Three case

Burnett was the presiding judge in the murder trials of Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin, collectively known as the West Memphis Three.

In February 1994, after a jury convicted Misskelley of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, Burnett sentenced Misskelley, then 18 years old, to life in prison plus 40 years.^[4] In March 1994, after a jury convicted Ech