Tag Archives: Death Row

Extremity of Torture

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Richard Glossip came close to execution in Oklahoma twice last month. The first time, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted him a stay to allow his lawyers to submit new evidence; but his ensuing appeal was quickly rejected by … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Richard Glossip, torture, USA, Willie Manning | Tagged capital punishment, Charles Warner, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, human rights abuse, Injustice, innocence, lethal injections, Mississippi, October 2015, Oklahoma, potassium acetate, potassium chloride, Richard Glossip, torture, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Richard Glossip: Tenuous, Untrustworthy Evidence of Guilt

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Richard Glossip is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on Wednesday (September 16, 2015). One of his current attorneys, Don Knight, has described his trial in marketing terms: “Basically, you’ve got prosecution trying to sell their product [Glossip’s responsibility for … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Richard Glossip, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged Barry Scheck, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Don Knight, Exculpatory evidence, execution, exoneration, FBI flawed testimony, Fly Manning, innocence, Mississippi, Oklahoma, prosecutors, Richard Glossip, September 2015, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Mississippi Executions Stopped Temporarily

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Richard Jordan, a Vietnam veteran whose mental state deteriorated following his military service, was spared execution in Mississippi last week following a federal judge’s order. The Attorney General’s office had requested an execution for Jordan on Thursday August 27, but the Mississippi Supreme … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, lethal injections, midazolam, Mississippi, pentobarbital, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged August 2015, capital punishment, cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Glossip et al. v. Gross et al., human rights abuse, Judge Henry T. Wingate, lethal injections, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, pentobarbital, Richard Jordan, Ricky Chase, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | 3 Comments

Willie’s DNA Profile Requested

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Today it is exactly two years – 730 long days – since a mandate from the Mississippi Supreme Court allowed Willie Manning to pursue his request for DNA testing and fingerprint comparison. For Willie the two years must have seemed interminable. … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA profiling, DNA testing, Fly Manning, Mississippi, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged African American, August 2015, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA profiling, DNA testing, forensic evidence, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Supreme Court, torture, trauma, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Hope in the Midst of Despair

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Imagine being on death row for 20 years, convicted of crimes of which you are innocent. Your juries believed the prosecutors, and during the appeals process your innocence becomes irrelevant (appeals focus only on whether correct procedures have been followed). … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, prison conditions, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, heat index, inmates, innocence, Innocent, July 2015, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, prisons, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | 1 Comment

Shadows from the Confederate Flag

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The race war craved by Dylann Roof has so far erupted only with words and petitions, not with violence. Roof, charged with shooting dead nine African American people in Charleston, South Carolina, faced their relatives last week; incredibly their words, spoken … Continue reading →

Posted in African Americans, Charleston shootings, confederate flag, Death Row, Dylann Roof, institutional racism, judiciary, Mississippi, racism, slavery, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged African Americans, Charleston shootings, confederate flag, death penalty, Death Row, Declaration of Secession, Deep South, Dylann Roof, Fly Manning, institutional racism, judiciary, June 2015, Mississippi, racial conflict, racism, slavery, South Carolina, USA, white supremacy, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

DNA Testing: Semen Found

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The results of preliminary DNA testing in Willie Manning’s Steckler-Miller case were made public yesterday. The results, given in a letter from a Senior Forensic DNA Analyst at the Cellmark Forensics Dallas Lab, are as follows: Rape kit Three swabs were tested … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishmant, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, forensic testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, fingerprint matching, Fly Manning, forensic analysis, forensic testing, June 2015, Mississippi, Mississippi Crime Lab, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | 1 Comment

A Real Exoneration

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Well done, Columbus Dispatch, for turning out a well-balanced article by Carl Smith about Willie Manning last month! Smith summarized the information in the legal documents that led to Willie’s exoneration in his 1993 case, and provided links so readers could … Continue reading →

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Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Justice for Willie

On the same day that Willie Manning was exonerated in his 1993 case (April 20, 2015) the FBI published a report relevant to his 1992 case. The report confirms the gist of Flawed Forensics, last year’s Al Jazeera program featuring Willie, that … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, exonerations, flawed forensic hair testimony, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, ballistics testimony, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exoneration, FBI, flawed forensic testimony, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Innocence Project, May 2015, Mississippi, Peter Neufield, Robert Dunham, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, executions, flawed forensics, human rights abuse, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, torture, USA, victims, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2015, Al Jazeera America, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, executions, fingerprint comparison, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, human rights violation, May 2015, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, prosecutorial misconduct, torture, USA, victims, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Death Row

Extremity of Torture

Richard Glossip: Tenuous, Untrustworthy Evidence of Guilt

Mississippi Executions Stopped Temporarily

Willie’s DNA Profile Requested

Hope in the Midst of Despair

Shadows from the Confederate Flag

DNA Testing: Semen Found

A Real Exoneration

Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials

Facing Execution

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