Category Archives: DNA testing

Delays in DNA Testing

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Justice for Willie

As long ago as August 2016, it seems that Willie Manning and the State were “attempting to reach an agreement on how to proceed with developing a DNA profile from hairs that were used at Mr. Manning’s trial.” A new Mississippi Supreme … Continue reading →

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Status Update

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Justice for Willie

A Mississippi Supreme Court letter last month confirmed that Willie Manning’s lawyers were trying to proceed with DNA testing on hair from his remaining case. The December letter requests a status update: “The last status update in the above case, as … Continue reading →

Posted in DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic testing, hair testimony, Mississippi Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensics, hair analysis, hair testimony, January 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, State of Mississippi Judiciary, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | 1 Comment

A Two-person Crime

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Justice for Willie

A radio blog* recorded the day before Willie Jerome Manning’s scheduled execution in May, 2013, features Vincent Hill, a private investigator and former policeman. Hill re-examined the evidence in Willie’s 1992 case, and found many omissions and inconsistencies. Here David Skato, … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, America, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, DNA testing, innocence, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Starkville, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, death penalty, DNA testing, Earl Jordan, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, Injustice, jailhouse snitches, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, June 2016, law enforcement, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Oktibbeha County, police, snitch testimony, The Other Side of Justice, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | 1 Comment

DNA Tests: Errors Can Occur

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Justice for Willie

In recent years we have come to think of DNA testing as a ‘gold standard’ that can convict or exonerate. But forensics experts urge caution. William Thompson declares: “DNA tests are not now and have never been infallible. Errors in … Continue reading →

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DNA Testing and Other News

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Justice for Willie

DNA Testing Delayed DNA testing for Willie Manning has been delayed because the Cellmark lab in Dallas, Texas, has been taken over by a lab in Virginia. The Virginia lab will complete the testing. Ruling on execution drugs expected soon … Continue reading →

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Willie’s DNA Profile Requested

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Today it is exactly two years – 730 long days – since a mandate from the Mississippi Supreme Court allowed Willie Manning to pursue his request for DNA testing and fingerprint comparison. For Willie the two years must have seemed interminable. … Continue reading →

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Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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Twenty Wasted Years

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Today, November 10 2014, is a significant landmark for Willie Jerome Manning: on this day it is twenty years since he first entered Mississippi’s death row. When he was taken onto death row the first official White House website had just … Continue reading →

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Prosecutors’ Belief in their own Infallibility

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Justice for Willie

It is hard to know what is most shocking about the case of mentally disabled Henry Lee McCollum*, exonerated and released earlier this month after spending 30 years on death row in North Carolina. It is shocking that his mental disability … Continue reading →

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Willie’s Voice: “This System is Broken.”

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Justice for Willie

The long awaited Al Jazeera America program (Flawed Forensics, episode 3 of the series, The System), featuring Willie Manning, was broadcast in the USA on Sunday 1 June. The overall focus is the uncovering of systemic flaws in the FBI’s … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: DNA testing

Delays in DNA Testing

Status Update

A Two-person Crime

DNA Tests: Errors Can Occur

DNA Testing and Other News

Willie’s DNA Profile Requested

Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

Twenty Wasted Years

Prosecutors’ Belief in their own Infallibility

Willie’s Voice: “This System is Broken.”

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