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Facing Execution

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Exactly two years ago today, on May 7 2013, Willie Manning faced execution. His younger brother, Marshon, must be remembering the turmoil of that day. Interviewed by Joe Berlinger for an Al Jazeera America program in 2014, he describes the … Continue reading →

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Willie’s Suffering – a Central Election Issue

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Rick Halperin was far from circumspect about capital punishment when he spoke on a United Nations panel last week (see video at 19.00). He condemned the death penalty as ‘state sponsored revenge’, ‘physical and psychological terror and torture’, and a symptom … Continue reading →

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A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Mississippi’s Attorney General, Jim Hood, who was so vociferously in favour of Willie Jerome Manning’s execution two years ago, is embroiled in a battle to suppress the identity of people involved in executions and of those providing drugs for lethal … Continue reading →

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Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Two years ago this month, in March 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States declined Willie Jerome Manning’s request for a review of his 1992 case involving two students. Things then moved quickly for a few weeks, during which … Continue reading →

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The Death Penalty: No Place in the Twenty-First Century

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The USA is in an increasingly isolated position in tolerating the death penalty: 117 countries last month voted for a global death penalty moratorium, with only 38, including the USA, voting against this. In its opposition America keeps strange company; … 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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The Bias of White Americans

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Justice for Willie

It seems that racial perceptions of crime have helped to create biased, over-harsh and counterproductive criminal justice policies in the USA. A report published last month* establishes that white Americans significantly overestimate the proportion of crimes committed by racial minorities. For … Continue reading →

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Death Penalty Delays Unconstitutional

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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Tag Archives: capital punishment

Facing Execution

Willie’s Suffering – a Central Election Issue

A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

The Death Penalty: No Place in the Twenty-First Century

A Message from Willie

Twenty Wasted Years

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

The Bias of White Americans

Death Penalty Delays Unconstitutional

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