Tag Archives: Death Row

The Killing of Richard Jordan

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Justice for Willie

Last month was a horrible one for Willie Manning: his fellow inmate, Richard Jordan, was killed by an employee of the State of Mississippi. It was a grisly business, with a break for another employee to try to decide whether … Continue reading →

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A New Video for Willie’s Birthday

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Justice for Willie

Today, Willie Manning’s 57th birthday, we urge you to watch a newly produced musical video which uses song and images to outline flaws in his remaining case. We are very grateful to the makers for drawing attention to the injustice … Continue reading →

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Highs and Lows – and Birthday Wishes!

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Justice for Willie

Today, June 12 2024, is Willie Manning’s birthday. He is now 56 years old. It is shocking to realize that this is the 30th birthday that he has spent on death row. A lot has happened since Willie’s last birthday. … Continue reading →

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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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Execution Protocols: without Guidance or Restrictions

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Today it is exactly ten years since Willie Manning came very close to being executed. Five years ago we remembered that day through a series of quotations; those words still have the power to invoke the emotions that we felt … Continue reading →

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Thirty Years On

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Justice for Willie

Today, December 11, 2022, marks 30 years since the savage murders of two Mississippi State University students in Starkville, Mississippi. Willie Manning remembers feeling shocked and saddened when he found out about those murders from the television news later that … Continue reading →

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Hope for the Future

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Justice for Willie

Today, June 12, 2022 is Willie Manning’s 54th birthday. We wish him a very happy birthday. Willie is upbeat at the moment. He is optimistic about how his remaining case is going, as the DNA testing that he was granted … Continue reading →

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Powerless to Help

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Justice for Willie

A few cells away from Willie Manning sits David Cox, who is scheduled to be killed on November 17. At Cox’s trial his lawyers failed to adequately communicate to the jury the impact of the extensive abuse that he suffered … Continue reading →

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The Circuit Court Abused its Discretion

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Justice for Willie

Today, Saturday, June 12 is Willie Manning’s 53rd birthday: we wish him a happy birthday. We trust that recent developments in his case help him to spend the day peacefully: his arguments for further DNA testing are strong. In April, … Continue reading →

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Death Row Highs and Lows

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Justice for Willie

Jacob Blake, an African American man, was shot in the back and seriously injured by police in Wisconsin in front of three of his young sons last month. Sadly, news like this is not infrequent, and is always depressing for … Continue reading →

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