Tag Archives: capital punishment

The Suffering of Parchman’s Death Row

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Justice for Willie

18 inmates have died in Mississippi prisons since December 29, some as a result of violence. 10 of the deaths were at the state penitentiary at Parchman, where Willie Manning is incarcerated. State law requires death row to remain at … Continue reading →

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Grounds for Optimism

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Justice for Willie

2019 is drawing to a close on an optimistic note! Willie Manning’s fellow death row inmate, Curtis Flowers, has finally been granted freedom (on bail) after being subjected to six trials during nearly two decades. The improper prosecutor strikes for … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Five Years on Death Row

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Today, November 10, 2019, marks 25 years since Willie Manning first entered death row. A jury had found him guilty of murdering Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler, despite no physical evidence linking him to the murders. Two years later Willie … Continue reading →

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Racially Charged Injustice

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Like Willie Manning, Rodney Reed is on death row in the south of the USA, with a case that is racially charged: Reed, who is black, was found guilty by an all-white jury of murdering a white woman in Texas … Continue reading →

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A Trail of Hidden Victims

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Justice for Willie

A former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections has spoken out against the terrible impact of capital punishment on prison staff. Allen L. Ault was responding to this summer’s announcement that the federal death penalty will be resumed after a … Continue reading →

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Sickness and Deaths

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s prison, Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, is inspected annually; failures in safety and health obligations are then uncovered. Several times previously we have noted the problems at the prison.* This year is no different: an inspection in June … Continue reading →

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Racially Motivated Manipulation

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Curtis Flowers is an African American man incarcerated alongside Willie Manning on Mississippi’s death row. The way the legal system has operated in Flowers’ case has been described as “nothing more than one human being tormenting another because he can.” … Continue reading →

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Happy 51st birthday!

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Today, Wednesday June 12, 2019, is Willie Manning’s 51st birthday. We wish him a very happy birthday. On the surface not much has changed for Willie over the last year, but there are signs that the Mississippi Supreme Court is … Continue reading →

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The US Supreme Court’s Exceptional Barbarity

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Justice for Willie

While we were celebrating the resumption of DNA testing for Willie Manning, the US Supreme Court was shunting the American death penalty into new, shocking levels of brutality. The opinion is described by various legal analysts as “bloodthirsty and cruel”, … Continue reading →

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DNA Testing Resumes

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Justice for Willie

It seems that Judge Howard’s Scheduling Order, issued in February, is working! Willie Manning must be relieved that more hairs from his case are at last being screened at the Bode Technology lab. The lab anticipates that this stage of the … Continue reading →

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