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Category Archives: Innocent
Hope in the Midst of Despair
Imagine being on death row for 20 years, convicted of crimes of which you are innocent. Your juries believed the prosecutors, and during the appeals process your innocence becomes irrelevant (appeals focus only on whether correct procedures have been followed). … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, prison conditions, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, heat index, inmates, innocence, Innocent, July 2015, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, prisons, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials
On the same day that Willie Manning was exonerated in his 1993 case (April 20, 2015) the FBI published a report relevant to his 1992 case. The report confirms the gist of Flawed Forensics, last year’s Al Jazeera program featuring Willie, that … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, exonerations, flawed forensic hair testimony, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, ballistics testimony, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exoneration, FBI, flawed forensic testimony, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Innocence Project, May 2015, Mississippi, Peter Neufield, Robert Dunham, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
“We were paid to lie and say that he did it.”
In the course of the Al Jazeera program, Flawed Forensics (episode 3 in the Al Jazeera series, The System), the documentary team investigates Willie’s second case, involving the murder of two elderly African American women in 1993. The program highlights … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, injustice in Mississippi, June 2014, Kevin Lucious, Likeesha Harris, Mississippi, perjury, prosecutor misconduct, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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The Burden of Innocence
Today it is exactly two months since the scheduled execution date for Willie Jerome Manning. Then, the very real possibility of Willie losing his life focused our attention and spurred us on to read articles and sign petitions. The FBI … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, African American, Clive Stafford Smith, convicted, conviction, Daniel Medwed, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, Exculpatory evidence, Fly Manning, Fly Manning execution date, Forrest Allgood, Injustice, Innocent, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, July 2013, Justice, Justice4Willie, Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, no physical evidence, Oktibbeha County, prosecutors presented false evidence, prosecutors withheld evidence, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning execution date, Willie Manning Mississippi
No Matter How Long Ago
Although there has been no announcement of anything relevant to Willie Manning for over a month, his first case was cited in the media last week to illustrate issues with the death penalty system in the USA. Al Jazeera’s ‘Inside … Continue reading
Posted in African American, America, ballistics testimony, Brookville Gardens murders, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, Death Row injustice,, DNA testing, double murders, execution, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Injustice, Innocent, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, justice, Justice for WIllie Manning, Justice4Willie, Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, no physical evidence, North America, Parchman, Supreme Court, United States of America, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2013, African American, Brookville Gardens murders, capital murder, convicted, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, invalid ballistics testimony, invalid hair testimony, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, June 2013, Justice, Justice4Willie, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, no physical evidence, Oktibbeha County, Rob Mink, William Sessions, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning execution date, Willie Manning Mississippi
Just Walk Beside Me
Today, June 12 2013, is Willie Manning’s 45th birthday, the nineteenth birthday he has spent behind bars on death row. This day is unlikely to be marked by any change of routine – Willie will have the usual challenges of … Continue reading
Posted in African American, America, Brookville Gardens murders, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, DNA testing, double murders, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, justice, justice for Willie Manning, Mississippi, murders, Vilification, Willie, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning
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The Eleventh Hour (Since 2001)
In letters sent to us during May, Willie Manning has referred gratefully to the support that he received when he was at his most vulnerable: “It’s difficult for me to even wrap my mind around the support that we got … Continue reading
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Another Astonishing Ruling
On March 2, Willie Manning submitted a post-hearing memorandum challenging the constitutional validity of his convictions for the murders of two elderly ladies at their apartment in Brooksville Garden in 1993. This is the second of Willie’s two cases, and … Continue reading
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Till I Turn to Dust
Willie Manning’s second conviction (the 1993 murder of two elderly African American ladies, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan) has been very much overshadowed by his recent narrow escape from execution for his first conviction (the 1992 murder of two white … Continue reading
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