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Category Archives: executions
A Trail of Hidden Victims
A former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections has spoken out against the terrible impact of capital punishment on prison staff. Allen L. Ault was responding to this summer’s announcement that the federal death penalty will be resumed after a … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, correctional staff, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Allen L. Ault, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, executions, federal death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, post traumatic stress disorder, September 2019, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
The US Supreme Court’s Exceptional Barbarity
While we were celebrating the resumption of DNA testing for Willie Manning, the US Supreme Court was shunting the American death penalty into new, shocking levels of brutality. The opinion is described by various legal analysts as “bloodthirsty and cruel”, … Continue reading
Posted in Bucklew v. Precythe, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty unconstitutionality, executions, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Bucklew v. Precythe, capital punishment, death penalty, Eighth Amendment, executions, Fly Manning, Garrett Epps, intellectual disability, juveniles, lethal injection drugs, Matt Ford, May 2019, Missouri, nitrogen hypoxia, Russell Bucklew, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
US Death Penalty: Systemic Problems
It is not surprising that public opinion in the USA is increasingly recoiling from the death penalty: the annual Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) report reveals continuing “systemic problems” in its implementation: “As use of the death penalty dwindles, one might … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DPIC, executions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged brain damage, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, DPIC, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, intellectual disability, January 2018, mental illness, Mississippi, torture, trauma, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Shifting Opinions
November 10, 2017 was the day when Willie Manning completed 23 years on death row. There have been many changes since Willie first entered the row; one that should gladden him is the big decline in American public support for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Gallup polls, public opinion, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 1994, America, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Gallup polls, Injustice, Mississippi, November 2017, Pew Research, public opinion, Republicans, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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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
Abominations Masked by Secrecy
Willie Jerome Manning first came to the world’s attention because of an article by Clive Stafford Smith, who continues to speak out against the death penalty. Stafford Smith recently described the US death penalty as a dying dinosaur – destined for … Continue reading
Posted in Arkansas, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, execution drugs, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, lethal injection drugs, Mississippi, pharmaceutical companies, secrecy, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged April 2017, Arkansas, botched executions, Clive Stafford Smith, compounding pharmacies, executions, Fly Manning, Ineffective trial attorneys, innocence, Justice King, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, pharmaceutical companies, Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, vulnerable people, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
What we are doing is wrong
Of all the execution methods being considered in the Mississippi senate last week, it was the firing squad that was rejected; nitrogen hypoxia and electrocution are still being considered. Discounting the firing squad is understandable, as Radley Balko explains: “We recoil … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, firing squad, human rights abuse, lethal injections, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Arthur v. Dunn, botched executions, Bryan Stevenson, cruel and unusual punishment, electrocution, executions, firing squad, Fly Manning, Justice Sotomayor, lethal injections, March 2017, midazolam, Mississippi, nitrogen hypoxia, Radley Balko, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Repressive Social and Racial Control
Two years ago the Mississippi Supreme Court overturned the two murder convictions in Willie Manning’s second case, saying: “[T]he State violated his due-process rights when it failed to provide favorable, material evidence, upon request.” Willie was fortunate. If exculpatory police canvass … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Mississippi, racial control, social control, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, electric chair, electrocution, executions, February 2017, firing squad, Fly Manning, Holly Travis, House Bill 638, Injustice, Jen Marlowe, Jim Craig, lethal injections, Mississippi, nitrogen hypoxia, racial control, social control, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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