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Category Archives: Willie Jerome Manning
Status Conference
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, forensic testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2019, African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, David Voisin, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, forensic testing, January 2019, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County Court, Robert Mink, status conference, Steckler-Miller case, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Willie’s Family
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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2018, Fly Manning, holiday season, innocence, Mississippi, prisoners' families, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
Work Remains to be Done
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
Posted in African American, Emmett Till, lynching, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Emmett Till, ethnic cleansing, Fly Manning, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, October 2018, racial violence, slavery, terrorism, USA, Vann R. Newkirk II, Wikipedia, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Happy 50th birthday!
Today, June 12, 2018, we wish Willie Jerome Manning a happy 50th birthday. Happy birthday, Willie!
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, June 2018, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
No History of Violence
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
Posted in criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Blog Talk Radio, capital punishment, criminal history, criminal justice, David Skato, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, March 2018, Mary Prater, Mississippi, Robert Mink, The Other Side of Justice, ThinkProgress, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
“This System’s all a Lie”
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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Civil Rights Movement, classism, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Jim Crow, lynchings, March 2018, Michael West, Mississippi, racism, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, Tucker Carrington, USA, When Death Row Speaks, 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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A Dirty Secret
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
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged AEDPA, African American, capital defense lawyers, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, habeas corpus petition, Injustice, Mississippi, October 2017, Parchman, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Richard North Patterson, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
A Terrible Old Rule
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
Posted in Brady v. Maryland, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, United States v. Bagley, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged Brady v. Maryland, Brief of Amicis Curiae, capital punishment, death penalty, Exculpatory evidence, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jimmerson-Jordan murders, jury, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, prosecutorial misconduct, Samuel Gross, September 2017, United States v. Bagley, USA, verdict, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination
At Willie Manning’s trial, the prosecutor rejected African American jurors time and time again.[i] Prosecutors may not use race as the reason for striking potential jurors, so he gave other reasons (and in some cases several reasons). But the racial … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, judges, judicial misconduct, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination, stacked jury, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Judge Lee Howard, judicial misconduct, juror strikes, Justice King, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination, racism, September 2017, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
