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Recent News:
- A Terrible Old Rule September 20, 2017
- A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination September 5, 2017
- Courts’ Complicity August 23, 2017
- A Method of Control August 10, 2017
- Legal Challenges to Execution Methods July 25, 2017
- Frank Parker: Snitch Testimony July 8, 2017
- Home Page Referenced June 23, 2017
- Happy 49th Birthday! June 12, 2017
- Epps’ Last Chapter May 29, 2017
- The USA: A Shameful Record May 13, 2017
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Tag Archives: Death Row
A Method of Control
Clive Stafford Smith has played a pivotal role in Willie Manning’s cases, first as Willie’s post-conviction lawyer, and later as publicist for some of the injustices inflicted on him. Last month Stafford Smith joined other death penalty experts in condemning capital … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, torture, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2017, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, control, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, post-conviction defense lawyer, racism, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Happy 49th Birthday!
Today is Willie Manning’s 49th birthday. He has spent 22½ years on death row. When Willie was first questioned by law enforcement about the murder of two students he remained upbeat, confident that his innocence would be recognized and that … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, law enforcement, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2500 Club, birthday, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, June 2017, law enforcement, lie detector, Mississippi, Paula Hathorn, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Starkville, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Epps’ Last Chapter
Christopher Epps was the Mississippi Corrections Commissioner for 12 of the 22 years that Willie Manning has spent on the state’s death row. Now Epps is facing his own lengthy incarceration – nearly 20 years of it – for taking $1.4 million … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Epps, corruption, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged bribery, Cecil McCrory, Chris Epps, Christopher Epps, corruption, Death Row, Dr. Carl Reddix, Fly Manning, Irb Benjamin, Judge Wingate, Mark Longoria, May 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, prison contracts, Sam Waggoner, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Incarcerated by Fellow Citizens
Those on death row suffer unimaginable torture; the inmates who have been wrongly convicted do so even more. Like kidnap victims, those with wrongful convictions have been seized and held against their will; but, unlike kidnap victims, they are not … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, February 2017, Florida, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Ireland, meditation, Mississippi, Peter Pringle, post traumatic stress disorder, Professor Gordon Turnbull, Sunny Jacobs, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions, yoga
Status Update
A Mississippi Supreme Court letter last month confirmed that Willie Manning’s lawyers were trying to proceed with DNA testing on hair from his remaining case. The December letter requests a status update: “The last status update in the above case, as … Continue reading
Posted in DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic testing, hair testimony, Mississippi Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensics, hair analysis, hair testimony, January 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, State of Mississippi Judiciary, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
A Good Start to 2017
On death row any good news can raise the spirits. As 2017 begins, Willie Manning must be happy to know that a fellow inmate, Charles Crawford, has been allowed to challenge Mississippi’s plan to use compounded drugs, specifically midazolam, for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, Charles Crawford, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, lethal injection drugs, midazolam, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2017, capital punishment, Charles Crawford, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, January 2017, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Less fortunate than ourselves
It is ten years since Clive Stafford Smith alerted the world to Willie Manning’s appalling plight. Stafford Smith’s article began: “It is a platitude to suggest that as the Christmas season approaches we should consider those less fortunate than ourselves, but … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, death row mental health, death row solitary confinement, Fly Manning, human rights abuse, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2006, December 2016, Fly Manning, human rights abuses, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi courts, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
The Man in the Orange Jumpsuit
Willie Manning’s name appears as number 153 on the list of death row exonerations published by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC); but because of another, unrelated capital conviction he is still behind bars on Mississippi’s death row. He remains “the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, Alabama, Alfred Dewayne Brown, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, coercion, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exonerees, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, November 2016, official misconduct, suppressed evidence, Texas, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Death Penalty Losing its Grip
Last week brought wonderful news for death penalty opponents – according to a Pew Research survey, fewer than half of Americans now favor using the death penalty! Overall support for capital punishment has plummeted in the last 18 months, from 56% … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death penalty support, Death Row, Democrats, Fly Manning, lynchings, Mississippi, October 2016, Pew Research, Republicans, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
