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Al Jazeera: Program due June 1

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Justice for Willie

A new TV program featuring Willie Jerome Manning is scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday June 1 2014 (USA times: 9E/6P). The program is an episode in the Al Jazeera America series, The System, which sets out to examine the state … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Al Jazeera, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, DNA testing, FBI hair review, fingerprint comparison, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, hair testimony, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, junk science, Mississippi, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera The System, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensics, Injustice, Joe Berlinger, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, May 2014, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Pam Cole, Tiffany Miller, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

Mississippi, we have a problem.

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Justice for Willie

The Michelle Byrom case is starting to raise serious questions in Mississippi. Although Michelle was eventually – and unusually – granted a new trial, she also came very close to being executed. Amazingly, her conviction was for hiring as a … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, American justice, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi corruption, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, moratorium on death penalty, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, April 2014, capital murder, capital punishment USA, corruption, death penalty, death penalty injustice, death penalty moratorium, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Michelle Byrom, Mississippi, Mississippi courts, Mississippi police, Mississippi prosecutors, racism USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

Further Developments in Both Cases

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Willie Jerome Manning has won the right to searches for evidence relating to his 1992 case involving two students. On March 6, 2014 the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court sent out seven orders, requiring ‘diligent’ searches to be made for all evidence related … Continue reading →

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A Can of Worms in Mississippi

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Radley Balko, writing last month in the Washington Post, describes how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently turned down a request for post-conviction relief by a man convicted of murder in Mississippi. Tavares Flaggs was convicted largely … Continue reading →

Posted in autopsies, capital punishment, coroners, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, federal courts, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensics, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, judges, junk science, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, prosecutors, Steven Hayne, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, autopsies, autopsies scandal, capital murder, death penalty, federal courts, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, March 2014, medical examiners, Mississippi, Mississippi Innocence Project, National Association of Medical Examiners, prosecutors presented false evidence, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, Tucker Carrington, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | 2 Comments

A Judge Sits on his Leather Chair

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Justice for Willie

As so many times before, Willie Jerome Manning is waiting. He is waiting to find out whether the State approves the items that he wants to have tested for DNA and fingerprints, to provide evidence for his case of the … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Brookville Garden murders, Brookville Gardens murders, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row Injustice, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County, prosecutors, racism, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Jerome Manning Mississippi Death Row, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, February 2014, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, judges, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County, post-conviction relief, Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

A Final List of Evidence

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s lawyers have 30 days from 31 January 2014 to reach agreement with the prosecution about exactly which items should be tested for DNA and fingerprints. The items in question relate to Willie’s 1992 case involving two students, Jon Steckler … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital murder, death penalty, DNA testing, execution, FBI hair review, fingerprint testing, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensics, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, post-conviction DNA evidence, racial discrimination, Starkville, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, Automated Fingerprint Identification System, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, FBI hair testimony review, February 2014, fingerprint analysis, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, IAFIS, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | Leave a comment

A Good Start to 2014!

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s request for DNA testing and fingerprint analysis was heard on Friday, January 31 2014 at the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court. Willie’s request relates to his 1992 case involving the murders of two students, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller. … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital murder, capital punishment, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, FBI hair review, fingerprints, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensics, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, junk science, Mississippi, murders, Oktibbeha County, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, post-conviction DNA evidence, racial prejudice, stacked jury, Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, capital murder, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, February 2014, fingerprint analysis, fingerprints, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, no physical evidence, Oktibbeha County, post-conviction DNA evidence, Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

Symptoms of a Wrongful Conviction

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Last month the Mississippi Supreme Court received two Amicus Curiae (Friends of the Court) briefs in connection with one of Willie Jerome Manning’s cases, the 1993 case involving two elderly ladies. The briefs, from the Innocence Network and the National Registry … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Brookville Garden, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, murders, USA injustice, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Exculpatory evidence, female victims, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, January 2014, Mississippi, murders, National Institute of Justice, perjury, recanting witness, Samuel Gross, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | Leave a comment

Developments in both cases

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Justice for Willie

Over the holiday period Willie Jerome Manning will be able to consider recent developments in both his cases. Regarding the case of the two students, on December 16 the State filed its response to Willie’s request for DNA testing and … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Brookville Garden, capital punishment, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, racism, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2013, African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, December 2013, DNA testing, Exculpatory evidence, false testimony, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

Al Jazeera Documentary

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Justice for Willie

Willie Jerome Manning is to be the subject of a documentary by Al Jazeera scheduled for broadcast later this year. In May, Al Jazeera sent a team to Mississippi to interview one of Willie’s attorneys and a local social activist, … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Al Jazeera, American justice, ballistics testimony, capital murder, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice system, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, hair testimony, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, junk science, Manning, media bias, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, no physical evidence, post-conviction DNA evidence, racial discrimination, racism, stacked jury, United States of America, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2013, Al Jazeera, ballistics testimony, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Manning, Mississippi, no physical evidence, October 2013, racism USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary | 1 Comment

Category Archives: wrongful convictions

Al Jazeera: Program due June 1

Mississippi, we have a problem.

Further Developments in Both Cases

A Can of Worms in Mississippi

A Judge Sits on his Leather Chair

A Final List of Evidence

A Good Start to 2014!

Symptoms of a Wrongful Conviction

Developments in both cases

Al Jazeera Documentary

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