Category Archives: Mississippi Supreme Court

The Circuit Court Abused its Discretion

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Justice for Willie

Today, Saturday, June 12 is Willie Manning’s 53rd birthday: we wish him a happy birthday. We trust that recent developments in his case help him to spend the day peacefully: his arguments for further DNA testing are strong. In April, … Continue reading →

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Courts’ Complicity

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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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 →

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More Propaganda against Willie

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Justice for Willie

It’s happened again – Willie Manning has been the victim of extremely negative media propaganda within Mississippi. Ignoring the Mississippi Supreme Court’s ruling that the state suppressed significant, potentially exculpatory evidence at Willie’s trial for his 1993 case, a Mississippi journalist … Continue reading →

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A New Trial for Willie Manning!

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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A Message from Willie

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Justice for 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 →

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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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The Bottom Line: “Mr Manning did not get a fair trial.”

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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Watch Willie’s Oral Argument Live!

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Justice for Willie

If you wish to bypass media reports and instead listen live to the arguments in Willie Jerome Manning’s second case, you can do so next Monday. A webcast from the Mississippi Supreme Court will allow access to the court proceedings … Continue reading →

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Brookville Garden Case: Oral Argument Permitted

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Justice for Willie

The Mississippi Supreme Court has announced that it will allow oral argument in Willie Jerome Manning’s 1993 case involving the murder of two elderly ladies, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan (the Brookville Garden case). The oral argument is scheduled for Monday, October … Continue reading →

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