Category Archives: Willie Jerome Manning

A Birthday with Greater Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Today is Willie Manning’s 55th birthday. We wish him a happy and peaceful day. This birthday will be Willie’s first one spent under a new regime of greater freedom: since March, Willie has been allowed to go outside his cell … Continue reading →

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Status Conference

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning has won the right to a conference regarding the status of evidence testing in his remaining case (Stickler-Miller case). The conference is to be held tomorrow, January 10, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse Annex. … Continue reading →

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Willie’s Family

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s daughter turned 3 years old soon after he entered death row; she is now 27. Willie has thus been absent for most of his daughter’s childhood and adolescence, and for much of her twenties; he has been unable … Continue reading →

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Work Remains to be Done

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Justice for Willie

The Wikipedia page for Willie Jerome Manning was vandalized earlier this year: it was edited “in a malicious manner that [was] intentionally disruptive.” The page was reverted to an earlier version which omitted Willie’s exoneration for the Jimmerson-Jordan murders; and it downplayed … Continue reading →

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Happy 50th birthday!

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Today, June 12, 2018, we wish Willie Jerome Manning a happy 50th birthday. Happy birthday, Willie!

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No History of Violence

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s history supports his claim that he has never committed murder. He had previous convictions, but never for violence. As one of his attorneys confirmed, “He didn’t have any violent convictions. His criminal history was for things like theft.” … Continue reading →

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“This System’s all a Lie”

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Justice for Willie

Steven Hayne was the medical examiner at Willie Manning’s trial and at many others in Mississippi; he was unqualified and scandalously incompetent (see here and here).  A book just published, “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice … Continue reading →

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Shifting Opinions

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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A Dirty Secret

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Justice for Willie

It is a “dirty secret”, known by few, that the American death penalty system is “specifically engineered to ensure that those who are convicted stay convicted, guilty or not.”[i] This is how it works. Death sentences routinely result from poor defense … Continue reading →

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A Terrible Old Rule

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Justice for Willie

Samuel Gross wrote an amicus brief[i] in support of Willie Manning for his concluded case from 1993 (Jimmerson-Jordan murders). This summer Gross, writing more generally, highlighted “a terrible old rule that has done great harm to the accuracy of criminal … Continue reading →

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