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- Death Row Highs and Lows September 5, 2020
- Excessive and Inhuman July 29, 2020
- Happy 52nd Birthday! June 12, 2020
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- COVID-19 April 25, 2020
- The Suffering of Parchman’s Death Row February 22, 2020
- Shocking Deaths January 12, 2020
- Grounds for Optimism December 17, 2019
- Twenty-Five Years on Death Row November 10, 2019
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Tag Archives: Death Row
Death Row Highs and Lows
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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Eddie Lee Howard, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Ben Crump, bite mark evidence, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Eddie Lee Howard, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Jacob Blake, Justice, Mississippi, Mississippi Innocence Project, Scott Colom, September 2020, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Wisconsin
COVID-19
Staying inside a tiny prison cell all day, every day, day after day is not easy. Willie Manning likes taking advantage of the little opportunity he gets to go outside for restricted exercise, where he may also find solace in … Continue reading
Posted in corona virus, COVID-19,, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged April 2020, corona virus, Death Row, Fly Manning, hand washing, isolation, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, soap, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Yo Gotti
The Suffering of Parchman’s Death Row
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
Posted in African American, Death Row, Mississippi, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, February 2020, Fly Manning, Governor Tate Reed, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner, Parchman, Pelicia Hall, prison conditions, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Shocking Deaths
There has been shock and horror in Mississippi and beyond at the deaths of five Mississippi prison inmates in less than a week. Three of the deaths were at the state penitentiary at Parchman, the prison where Willie Manning is … Continue reading
Posted in Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2020, African American, Death Row, Denorris Howell, Fly Manning, Governor Phil Bryant, January 2020, Jay-Z, MDOC, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Pelicia Hall, prison conditions, Roosevelt Holliman, Southern Poverty Law Center, USA, Walter Gates, Willie Manning, Yo Gotti
Grounds for Optimism
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, Mississippi, racism, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2019, black jurors, capital punishment, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, Death Row, December 2019, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, hair evidence, juror strikes, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Manning
Twenty-Five Years on Death Row
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
Posted in criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint analysis, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2019, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
A Trail of Hidden Victims
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
Posted in capital punishment, correctional staff, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Allen L. Ault, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, executions, federal death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, post traumatic stress disorder, September 2019, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Sickness and Deaths
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
Posted in Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged August 2019, capital punishment, Cliff Johnson, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, health, MacArthur Justice Center, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, Ron Welch, safety, sanitation, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Happy 51st birthday!
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
Posted in DNA testing, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, hair analysis, innocence, June 2019, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Parchman, USA, Willie Manning, Willie Manning Mississippi, wrongful convictions
DNA Testing: Dates to be Set
A court has insisted that testing of DNA evidence for Willie Manning’s remaining case cannot be deferred indefinitely. The Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County yesterday ordered that the prosecution and defense must “set final dates for the testing of the DNA … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA evidence, DNA testing, Fly Manning, January 2019, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, post-conviction cases, Starkville, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
