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Recent News:
- A Terrible Old Rule September 20, 2017
- A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination September 5, 2017
- Courts’ Complicity August 23, 2017
- A Method of Control August 10, 2017
- Legal Challenges to Execution Methods July 25, 2017
- Frank Parker: Snitch Testimony July 8, 2017
- Home Page Referenced June 23, 2017
- Happy 49th Birthday! June 12, 2017
- Epps’ Last Chapter May 29, 2017
- The USA: A Shameful Record May 13, 2017
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Author Archives: Justice for Willie
A Terrible Old Rule
Samuel Gross wrote an amicus brief[i] in support of Willie Manning for his concluded case from 1993 (Jimmerson-Jordan murders). This summer Gross, writing more generally, highlighted “a terrible old rule that has done great harm to the accuracy of criminal … Continue reading
Posted in Brady v. Maryland, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, United States v. Bagley, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged Brady v. Maryland, Brief of Amicis Curiae, capital punishment, death penalty, Exculpatory evidence, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jimmerson-Jordan murders, jury, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, prosecutorial misconduct, Samuel Gross, September 2017, United States v. Bagley, USA, verdict, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination
At Willie Manning’s trial, the prosecutor rejected African American jurors time and time again.[i] Prosecutors may not use race as the reason for striking potential jurors, so he gave other reasons (and in some cases several reasons). But the racial … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, judges, judicial misconduct, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination, stacked jury, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Judge Lee Howard, judicial misconduct, juror strikes, Justice King, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination, racism, September 2017, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Courts’ Complicity
Steven Hayne testified as a medical examiner at the trials of several people who are now on death row in Mississippi, including Willie Manning and Jeffrey Havard. Hayne was unqualified and scandalously incompetent. In Havard’s case,* Hayne testified that the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Injustice, Jeffrey Havard, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Steven Hayne, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Attorney General jim Hood, August 2017, capital punishment, Chloe Britt, courts' complicity, criminal justice, death penalty, expert witness, Injustice, Jeffrey Harvard, Jim Hood, medical examiner, Mississippi, pathologist, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
A Method of Control
Clive Stafford Smith has played a pivotal role in Willie Manning’s cases, first as Willie’s post-conviction lawyer, and later as publicist for some of the injustices inflicted on him. Last month Stafford Smith joined other death penalty experts in condemning capital … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, torture, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2017, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, control, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, post-conviction defense lawyer, racism, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Frank Parker: Snitch Testimony
At the trial where Willie Manning was convicted of murdering two students, Frank Parker testified that he had overheard Willie saying he “sold the gun on the street”. Thus Willie was linked to the murders, and specifically to the missing … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, incentivized witnesses, jailhouse informant, jailhouse snitch, Mississippi, snitch testimony, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Frank Parker, incentivized witness testimony, jailhouse informant, jailhouse snitches, July 2017, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Radley Balko, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, snitch testimony, Starkville, Texas, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Home Page Referenced
The home page of this website has been updated to include references. The serious issues that Willie Manning wishes to raise in the Steckler-Miller case (in a section entitled Issues with this Case) are now referenced. You can click on … Continue reading
Posted in African American, America, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Jon Steckler, June 2017, Justice for WIllie Manning, justice4willie.com, legal dockets, Mississippi, Starkville, State of Mississippi Judiciary website, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
Happy 49th Birthday!
Today is Willie Manning’s 49th birthday. He has spent 22½ years on death row. When Willie was first questioned by law enforcement about the murder of two students he remained upbeat, confident that his innocence would be recognized and that … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, law enforcement, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2500 Club, birthday, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, June 2017, law enforcement, lie detector, Mississippi, Paula Hathorn, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Starkville, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Epps’ Last Chapter
Christopher Epps was the Mississippi Corrections Commissioner for 12 of the 22 years that Willie Manning has spent on the state’s death row. Now Epps is facing his own lengthy incarceration – nearly 20 years of it – for taking $1.4 million … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Epps, corruption, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged bribery, Cecil McCrory, Chris Epps, Christopher Epps, corruption, Death Row, Dr. Carl Reddix, Fly Manning, Irb Benjamin, Judge Wingate, Mark Longoria, May 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, prison contracts, Sam Waggoner, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
The USA: A Shameful Record
The USA has a poor reputation when it comes to executions. A report* by Amnesty International found the following: -Most UN member states were execution-free last year;** but the USA continued to execute. -The USA was the only one of … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, revenge, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Amnesty International, Arkansas, capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, intellectual disabilities, intimidation, Japan, Ledell Lee, lethal injection chemicals, May 2017, Mississippi, Organization of American States, United Nations, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
