Category Archives: African American

Highs and Lows – and Birthday Wishes!

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Justice for Willie

Today, June 12 2024, is Willie Manning’s birthday. He is now 56 years old. It is shocking to realize that this is the 30th birthday that he has spent on death row. A lot has happened since Willie’s last birthday. … Continue reading →

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The Murder Sheet Podcast: not shocking, but appalling

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Justice for Willie

In a podcast from ‘The Murder Sheet’ (available below), we are introduced to Willie Manning’s legal team to hear their insights into Willie’s cases. It is a sobering experience. We hear not only that incentivized witnesses led to false trial … Continue reading →

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2020: an Eventful Year

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Justice for Willie

2020 has been an eventful year for Willie Manning. His case suffered a setback in April, when Judge Lee Howard denied permission for hair fragments from Tiffany Miller’s car to undergo further DNA testing. Willie now has more waiting ahead … Continue reading →

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Death Row Highs and Lows

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Justice for Willie

Jacob Blake, an African American man, was shot in the back and seriously injured by police in Wisconsin in front of three of his young sons last month. Sadly, news like this is not infrequent, and is always depressing for … Continue reading →

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Happy 52nd Birthday!

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Justice for Willie

Today, Friday June 12, 2020, is Willie Manning’s 52nd birthday. We wish him a happy birthday. Willie has been depressed by the video footage showing African American George Floyd being killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, while other … Continue reading →

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The Suffering of Parchman’s Death Row

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Justice for Willie

18 inmates have died in Mississippi prisons since December 29, some as a result of violence. 10 of the deaths were at the state penitentiary at Parchman, where Willie Manning is incarcerated. State law requires death row to remain at … Continue reading →

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Willie’s Family

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s daughter turned 3 years old soon after he entered death row; she is now 27. Willie has thus been absent for most of his daughter’s childhood and adolescence, and for much of her twenties; he has been unable … Continue reading →

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Work Remains to be Done

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Justice for Willie

The Wikipedia page for Willie Jerome Manning was vandalized earlier this year: it was edited “in a malicious manner that [was] intentionally disruptive.” The page was reverted to an earlier version which omitted Willie’s exoneration for the Jimmerson-Jordan murders; and it downplayed … Continue reading →

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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Richard Burdine, who died last month, represented Willie Manning at the penalty phase of his trial. Burdine was an African American lawyer who deserves credit for frequently accepting indigent defendants as clients. He was publicly commended by the Mississippi legislature in … Continue reading →

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Never give up hope.

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Anthony Ray Hinton’s wrongful conviction and death sentence for murder in Alabama is as shocking as it is revealing. Soon after Hinton’s arrest a police officer told him: “You know, I don’t care whether you did or didn’t do it. … Continue reading →

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