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Tag Archives: exonerations
Disproportionate Harm
Those wrongly convicted of murder suffer great harm. They may spend years in prison under threat of execution; they may even lose their lives. Far from being perpetrators, they are additional victims of the perpetrators. A report published last year, based … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exonerations, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2018, African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exonerations, Fly Manning, institutional racism, January 2018, Mississippi, National Registry of Exonerations, official misconduct, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States, racial discrimination, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness tampering, wrongful convictions
Willie’s Birthday: Another Year Endured
June 12, 2016, will mark Willie Jerome Manning’s 48th birthday. He has been held in a tiny cell on Mississippi’s death row since he was a young man of 26. It is difficult to imagine anyone more worthy of receiving … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, exonerations, Fly Manning, Injustice, June 2016, lockdowns, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, prison, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
This Matters To Us All
“When injustice happens to one person, it matters to us all.” So says the international human rights group, Amnesty International.* Thus people all over the world are urged to note the predicament of Willie Jerome Manning, whose two cases both … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty constitutionality, exonerations, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Amnesty International, April 2016, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Death Sentences and Executions 2015, DNA testing, exonerations, FBI/DOJ Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review, Fly Manning, international law, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, United Nations, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Not Once, but Twice
Right at the end of 2015, Willie Manning’s name again appeared in a national newspaper: the New York Times reminded its readers about his exoneration earlier in the year. The New York Times was wrong to describe the victims in the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, death peanlty, exonerations, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2016, African American, capital punishment, circumstantial evidence, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, death sentence, exonerations, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Injustice, January 2016, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
A Real Exoneration
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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, death sentence, exonerations, eyewitness testimony, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, unreliable witnesses, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, Carl Smith, Columbus Dispatch Mississippi, death penalty, Death Row, death sentence, Exculpatory evidence, exonerations, eyewitness identification, Injustice, May 2015, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, recanted testimony, unreliable witnesses, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
A Troubling Pattern of Wrongful Convictions
In a brief filed with the Mississippi Supreme Court, the Director of the National Registry of Exonerations provides guidance for the judges considering Willie Manning’s 1993 case. As well as focusing on Willie’s case, the guidance highlights this shocking fact: “…death … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, exonerations, Fly Manning, Injustice, January 2014, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, murders, National Registry of Exonerations, Oktibbeha County, perjury, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
