Tag Archives: Earl Jordan

The Long Road from Factual Innocence to Exoneration

It is over a year since Willie Manning asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to let him present newly discovered evidence to the circuit court. In his Motion for Rehearing he argued that the court erred in … Continue reading

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Judicial District 16: Official Misconduct and False Forensics

Both Willie Manning’s capital cases were tried in Mississippi’s judicial district 16. His 2015 exoneration in the Jimmerson-Jordan case is one of seven known wrongful capital convictions stemming from the same prosecutor in that district. All these cases feature false … Continue reading

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Mississippi Supreme Court “Perverts its Function”

Willie Manning’s long road to achieving justice has been blocked again: the Mississippi Supreme Court, in a close and shocking 5-4 decision*, has barred Willie from taking newly discovered evidence to the circuit court. The dissenting judges are strong in … Continue reading

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 New Video: The Case was Fabricated

A new video about Willie Manning’s remaining case has been launched, showing how aspects of his trial that suggested guilt have now been demolished. Yet the real possibility of Willie’s execution remains. Ballistics evidence formed a significant part of the … Continue reading

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“Manning never told me that he killed anyone.”

Ten years ago, Willie Manning came within an hour of execution, an experience that can only be described as terrifyingly traumatic. Now prosecutors are once more seeking Willie’s execution. Inevitably, this must revive harrowing memories for him of the day … Continue reading

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Flawed Snitch Testimony

“Jailhouse snitch” testimony is notoriously unreliable because the incarcerated witnesses are strongly motivated to say what the prosecution wants, usually because they get substantial reductions in their own sentences in return.”                   … Continue reading

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The Puzzle of Jordan’s Strange Testimony

Earl Jordan, was a key witness at Willie Manning’ Steckler-Miller trial: he told the court that he heard Willie confessing that both he and Jessie ‘One Wing’ Lawrence had committed the murders. Jordan recanted his trial testimony a few years … Continue reading

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The Validation of Lies*

At Willie Manning’s Steckler-Miller trial, Earl Jordan was the only witness who testified that Willie had confessed to committing the murders. But there were huge problems with Jordan’s credibility. Willie’s “confession”, as recounted by Jordan, involved the highly improbable scenario … Continue reading

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A Two-person Crime

A radio blog* recorded the day before Willie Jerome Manning’s scheduled execution in May, 2013, features Vincent Hill, a private investigator and former policeman. Hill re-examined the evidence in Willie’s 1992 case, and found many omissions and inconsistencies. Here David Skato, … Continue reading

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