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Recent News:
- A Terrible Old Rule September 20, 2017
- A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination September 5, 2017
- Courts’ Complicity August 23, 2017
- A Method of Control August 10, 2017
- Legal Challenges to Execution Methods July 25, 2017
- Frank Parker: Snitch Testimony July 8, 2017
- Home Page Referenced June 23, 2017
- Happy 49th Birthday! June 12, 2017
- Epps’ Last Chapter May 29, 2017
- The USA: A Shameful Record May 13, 2017
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Category Archives: Injustice
Courts’ Complicity
Steven Hayne testified as a medical examiner at the trials of several people who are now on death row in Mississippi, including Willie Manning and Jeffrey Havard. Hayne was unqualified and scandalously incompetent. In Havard’s case,* Hayne testified that the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Injustice, Jeffrey Havard, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Steven Hayne, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Attorney General jim Hood, August 2017, capital punishment, Chloe Britt, courts' complicity, criminal justice, death penalty, expert witness, Injustice, Jeffrey Harvard, Jim Hood, medical examiner, Mississippi, pathologist, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
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
Testimony Procured Unfairly
Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan investigated both Willie Manning’s cases: in both cases he enlisted and managed state witnesses by unfair means. 1993 Jimmerson-Jordan case Bryan, together with Starkville Police Captain David Lindley, asked Kevin Lucious to sign a false … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, USA, Willie Manning, witness coercion
Tagged April 2017, capital punishment, coerced testimony, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, intimidation, Jimmerson-Jordan case, Kevin Lucious, Likeesha Harris, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Paula Hathorn, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Steckler-Miller case, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness coercion
Less fortunate than ourselves
It is ten years since Clive Stafford Smith alerted the world to Willie Manning’s appalling plight. Stafford Smith’s article began: “It is a platitude to suggest that as the Christmas season approaches we should consider those less fortunate than ourselves, but … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, death row mental health, death row solitary confinement, Fly Manning, human rights abuse, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2006, December 2016, Fly Manning, human rights abuses, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi courts, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
A Travesty of Justice
22 years ago, the conviction of Willie Manning for the murder of two students caused anger in the local community, who believed racism had influenced the verdict. On November 19, 1994, the Oktibbeha County NAACP sponsored a protest march* to … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, NAACP, Oktibbeha County, racism, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African Americans, America, capital punishment, death penalty, Douglas Conner, Fly Manning, Injustice, Judge Lee Howard, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, NAACP, November 2016, Oktibbeha County Court, racism, The Reflector, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
The Man in the Orange Jumpsuit
Willie Manning’s name appears as number 153 on the list of death row exonerations published by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC); but because of another, unrelated capital conviction he is still behind bars on Mississippi’s death row. He remains “the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, Alabama, Alfred Dewayne Brown, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, coercion, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exonerees, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, November 2016, official misconduct, suppressed evidence, Texas, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Midazolam: an Unsuitable Drug
While DNA testing and fingerprint comparison continue in Willie Manning’s case, other claims relevant to him are before the Mississippi Supreme Court. Two other death row inmates, Richard Jordan and Gerald Loden, continue to challenge attempts by the Mississippi Department … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty constitutionality, execution drugs, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, lethal injection drugs, midazolam, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Dr Craig Stevens, Fly Manning, Gerald Loden, Injustice, July 2016, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, MDOC, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Supreme Court, pharmacological equivalency, Richard Jordan, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
You either have it or you don’t.
Three years ago, on May 7 2013, Willie Manning narrowly avoided execution. Tucker Carrington, founding director of the Mississippi Innocence Project and law professor at the University of Mississippi, has expressed what many people feel about Mississippi’s attitude towards Willie: … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, status, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Eddie Lee Howard, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocence Project, low status, May 2016, mental illness, Mississippi, Mississippi Innocence Project, poverty, status, Tucker Carrington, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Nobody’s that Stupid
For the second time, the Mississippi Supreme Court has asked for an update on the progress of Willie Manning’s remaining case. So far there has been no response from Willie’s lawyer or the Attorney General’s office. We should, anyway, be … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, April 2016, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, incentivized witnesses, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, The Truth Machine: the Contentious History of DNA Fingerprinting, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
