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Recent News:
- The Puzzle of the Hair Fragments May 10, 2020
- COVID-19 April 25, 2020
- The Suffering of Parchman’s Death Row February 22, 2020
- Shocking Deaths January 12, 2020
- Grounds for Optimism December 17, 2019
- Twenty-Five Years on Death Row November 10, 2019
- Racially Charged Injustice October 30, 2019
- A Trail of Hidden Victims September 27, 2019
- Sickness and Deaths August 15, 2019
- Racially Motivated Manipulation July 17, 2019
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Category Archives: African American
The Suffering of Parchman’s Death Row
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
Posted in African American, Death Row, Mississippi, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, February 2020, Fly Manning, Governor Tate Reed, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner, Parchman, Pelicia Hall, prison conditions, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Willie’s Family
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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2018, Fly Manning, holiday season, innocence, Mississippi, prisoners' families, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
Work Remains to be Done
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
Posted in African American, Emmett Till, lynching, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Emmett Till, ethnic cleansing, Fly Manning, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, October 2018, racial violence, slavery, terrorism, USA, Vann R. Newkirk II, Wikipedia, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, defense attorneys, Mississippi, Penalty phase, Richard Burdine, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2018, capital punishment, culpability phase, death penalty, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, ineffective assistance of counsel, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi legislature, Penalty phase, Richard Burdine, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witnesses
Never give up hope.
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
Posted in African American, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, racism, The Sun Does Shine, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Alabama, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, false ballistics evidence, Fly Manning, June 2018, juror strikes, Mississippi, official misconduct, Oprah Winfrey, perjury, racism, The Sun Does Shine, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Two Unqualifed Attorneys
In Willie Manning’s 1992 case, the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court had great difficulty performing its duty to appoint a post-conviction attorney who was qualified for capital cases. The court ignored Willie’s own choice of attorney, who was suitably qualified. Instead … Continue reading
Posted in African American, death penalty, defense attorneys, legislation, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, April 2018, crime rate, defense attorneys, defense lawyers, Fly Manning, indigent defense, Jon Steckler, legislation, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, post-conviction defense lawyer, poverty, The Right to Counsel in Mississippi, Tiffany Miller, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
“This System’s all a Lie”
Steven Hayne was the medical examiner at Willie Manning’s trial and at many others in Mississippi; he was unqualified and scandalously incompetent (see here and here). A book just published, “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Civil Rights Movement, classism, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Jim Crow, lynchings, March 2018, Michael West, Mississippi, racism, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, Tucker Carrington, USA, When Death Row Speaks, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
DNA Testing: Update
A letter filed on Thursday by Rob Mink, one of Willie Manning’s attorneys, states that 18 hair fragments contained in exhibits from Willie’s Steckler-Miller case are to be tested. The testing is predicted to take about fourteen weeks. The letter reveals … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, flawed forensics, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic testing, hair testimony, January 2018, Mississippi, Robert Mink, Steckler-Miller case, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Disproportionate Harm
Those wrongly convicted of murder suffer great harm. They may spend years in prison under threat of execution; they may even lose their lives. Far from being perpetrators, they are additional victims of the perpetrators. A report published last year, based … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exonerations, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2018, African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exonerations, Fly Manning, institutional racism, January 2018, Mississippi, National Registry of Exonerations, official misconduct, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States, racial discrimination, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness tampering, wrongful convictions
Hope in Sherwood Brown’s New Trial
Willie Manning must be happy that his fellow death row inmate and African American, Sherwood Brown, has been granted a new trial by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Like Willie, Brown had been pursuing DNA testing; like Willie, he was granted DNA … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, flawed forensics, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Sherwood Brown, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, bite mark evidence, DNA testing, Dr Michael West, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, Injustice, Kennedy Brewer, Mississippi, Mississippi Innocence Project, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2017, Sherwood Brown, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
