Tag Archives: DNA testing

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 →

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Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Two years ago this month, in March 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States declined Willie Jerome Manning’s request for a review of his 1992 case involving two students. Things then moved quickly for a few weeks, during which … Continue reading →

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Twenty Wasted Years

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Today, November 10 2014, is a significant landmark for Willie Jerome Manning: on this day it is twenty years since he first entered Mississippi’s death row. When he was taken onto death row the first official White House website had just … Continue reading →

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Prosecutors’ Belief in their own Infallibility

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Justice for Willie

It is hard to know what is most shocking about the case of mentally disabled Henry Lee McCollum*, exonerated and released earlier this month after spending 30 years on death row in North Carolina. It is shocking that his mental disability … Continue reading →

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FBI Hair Analysis: Favoring the Prosecution

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Justice for Willie

‘Flawed Forensics’, episode 3 of the Al Jazeera America series, ‘The System’, is about what is termed ‘an FBI scandal of manipulated forensic evidence that may have led to thousands of wrongful convictions over the past three decades’. We hear from … Continue reading →

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Willie’s Voice: “This System is Broken.”

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Justice for Willie

The long awaited Al Jazeera America program (Flawed Forensics, episode 3 of  the series, The System), featuring Willie Manning, was broadcast in the USA on Sunday 1 June. The overall focus is the uncovering of systemic flaws in the FBI’s … Continue reading →

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Al Jazeera: Program due June 1

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Justice for Willie

A new TV program featuring Willie Jerome Manning is scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday June 1 2014 (USA times: 9E/6P). The program is an episode in the Al Jazeera America series, The System, which sets out to examine the state … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago: A Highly Biased News Report

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Justice for Willie

On May 7 2013, exactly one year ago, Willie Jerome Manning’s scheduled execution was cancelled with only four hours to spare. Controversy surrounded the Mississippi Supreme Court’s refusal to allow Willie DNA and fingerprint testing; this was heightened when the … Continue reading →

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Further Developments in Both Cases

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Willie Jerome Manning has won the right to searches for evidence relating to his 1992 case involving two students. On March 6, 2014 the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court sent out seven orders, requiring ‘diligent’ searches to be made for all evidence related … Continue reading →

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A Final List of Evidence

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s lawyers have 30 days from 31 January 2014 to reach agreement with the prosecution about exactly which items should be tested for DNA and fingerprints. The items in question relate to Willie’s 1992 case involving two students, Jon Steckler … Continue reading →

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