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Category Archives: criminal justice USA
Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress
Two years ago this month, in March 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States declined Willie Jerome Manning’s request for a review of his 1992 case involving two students. Things then moved quickly for a few weeks, during which … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, Injustice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, human rights abuses, Injustice, March 2015, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
A New Trial for Willie Manning!
The anxious wait is over: on Thursday Willie Jerome Manning was granted a new trial for his case involving the 1993 murder of two elderly African American ladies, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan (the Brookville Garden murders). The Mississippi Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in American justice, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Fly Manning, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, jailhouse snitch, law enforcement USA, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, perjured testimony, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, suppressed evidence, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness pressured, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, Brady violation, Brookville Garden murders, capital murder, conviction reversed, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, February 2015, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, new trial, Oktibbeha County Justice Court, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, recanted testimony, Starkville, Troy Davis, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
A Message from Willie
Dear everyone I must have written you a hundred letters in my mind. Sometimes I just lay here and think of all the things I want to say – but for one reason or another – I always find it … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, post conviction review, prison conditions, solitary confinement, USA injustice, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, December 2014, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, prison conditions, prisoners' mental health, solitary confinement, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
The Bottom Line: “Mr Manning did not get a fair trial.”
Willie Jerome Manning’s oral arguments for his 1993 case were heard in the Mississippi Supreme Court last week (at the time of writing it can still be viewed at the State of Mississippi Judiciary). The case relates to the murders … Continue reading
Posted in Brookville Garden, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death row intellectual disabiliy, Fly Manning, Ineffective trial attorneys, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, perjured testimony, post-conviction DNA evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, recanting witness, Starkville, USA injustice, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, Brookville Garden, capital punishment, David Voisin, death penalty, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Fly Manning, impeachment, Injustice, Kevin Lucious, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2014, Oktibbeha County, recanting witness, Special Assistant Attorney General Melanie Thomas, undisclosed evidence, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
‘Prosecutors hid evidence of innocence’
‘Death row inmate: Prosecutors hid evidence of innocence’, headlines this week’s Clarion Ledger article about the case of Jeffrey Havard, who is held alongside Willie on the Parchman death row. Havard is convicted of inflicting sexual abuse on a baby girl … Continue reading
Posted in abusive head trauma, Brookville Garden, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty USA, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jeffrey Havard, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors, shaken baby syndrome, Steven Hayne, USA injustice, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, abusive head trauma, Brookville Garden murders, capital murder, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, Jeffrey Harvard, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutors, September 2014, shaken baby syndrome, Steven Hayne, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Death Row Inmates: Diminished Culpability
Willie Jerome Manning is yet again waiting for developments in both his cases. As he waits, he is in close proximity to his fellow inmates, and may well be aware of many who are extremely vulnerable. A study published in June, … Continue reading
Posted in capital litigation, capital murder, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty abuse, death penalty constitutionality, Death Row, death row intellectual disabiliy, death row mental health, diminished culpability, Fly Manning, Injustice, mental illness USA, Mississippi, The Failure of Mitigation, US Supreme Court, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2014, August 2014, capital murder, childhood trauma, criminal justice system USA, death penalty, Death Row, diminished culpability, Edwin Hart Turner, Fly Manning, Injustice, intellectual disability, mental illness, Mississippi, Robert J. Smith, Sophie Cull, The Failure of Mitigation, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Zoë Robinson
Death Penalty Delays Unconstitutional
Last month Judge Cormac J. Carney in California ruled that the death penalty as applied in that state is unconstitutional. His ruling lifted a sentence of death from Ernest Dewayne Jones on the grounds that whether or not he was executed: … Continue reading
Posted in California death penalty, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, death penalty USA, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, Judge Carney California, Judge Carney ruling, Mississippi, Penalty phase, unconstitutionality of death penalty, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2014, American justice, August 2014, California, capital murder, capital punishment, David Greenwald, death penalty, Death Row, deterrence, Eighth Amendment, Ernest Dewayne Jones, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Judge Carney, Judge Cormac J. Carney, Mississippi, retribution, unconstitutionality of death penalty, USA death penalty, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
New Google Translate Button
The justice4willie website can now be translated from English into 81 languages, using the Google Translate button (low down in the right hand column of the home page of justice4willie). This feature will be increasingly useful as visitors from more … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital murder, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, death row injustice mississippi, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2014, African American, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, criminal justice system USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Google Translate, Injustice, Innocent, July 2014, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
Watch Documentary Clips on Willie’s New Webpage
If you missed the Al Jazeera America documentary featuring Willie Manning (episode 3 of the series, The System), you now have a chance to watch parts of it on the recently created website, SAVE Innocents on death row in the … Continue reading
Posted in African American injustice, Al Jazeera America The System, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty USA, Death Row Injustice, death row innocence, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American injustice, Al Jazeera America The System, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, David Dow, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, death row innocence, Fly Manning, July 2014, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Reggie Griffin, Samuel Gross, SAVE innocents on death row in the USA, Vanessa Potkin, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Flawed FBI Hair Analysis: Defendants Kept in the Dark
‘Flawed Forensics’ (episode 3 of the Al Jazeera America series, The System) reveals that when conducting forensic hair analysis, FBI experts were often pressured to skew results in favor of the prosecution (see FBI Hair Analysis: Favoring the Prosecution). More … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Death Row injustice,, FBI, FBI hair review, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic hair analysis, Injustice, John Huffington, junk science, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutors, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, Al Jazeera America The System, capital murder, criminal justice system USA, death penalty, Death Row, Department of Justice, FBI, FBI scandal, Fly Manning, Fred Westhurst, Injustice, John Huffington, July 2014, Michael Bromwich, miscarriages of justice, prosecutorial misconduct, USA injustice, Washington Post FBI hair review, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
