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The Puzzle of the Hair Fragments
At Willie Manning’s trial, an FBI hair expert testified about hair fragments vacuumed from Tiffany Miller’s car. The expert stated that the hair was African American (an assertion that the FBI and DOJ discredited in 2013). With no physical evidence … Continue reading
Posted in DNA testing, forensic hair testimony, hair testimony, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Bode Technology, DNA testing, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Injustice, Judge Lee Howard, May 2020, Mississippi, MitoTyping Technologies, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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DNA Profiles: the Latest
An update on the progress of DNA testing in Willie Manning’s case has been issued. The statement refers to hair samples, which we understand to be fragments vacuumed from the floor of Tiffany Miller’s car,* and to other items that are … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, forensics, hair testimony, May 2018, Mississippi, mitochondrial DNA, Robert Mink, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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“This System’s all a Lie”
Steven Hayne was the medical examiner at Willie Manning’s trial and at many others in Mississippi; he was unqualified and scandalously incompetent (see here and here). A book just published, “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Civil Rights Movement, classism, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Jim Crow, lynchings, March 2018, Michael West, Mississippi, racism, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, Tucker Carrington, USA, When Death Row Speaks, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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DNA Testing: Update
A letter filed on Thursday by Rob Mink, one of Willie Manning’s attorneys, states that 18 hair fragments contained in exhibits from Willie’s Steckler-Miller case are to be tested. The testing is predicted to take about fourteen weeks. The letter reveals … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, flawed forensics, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic testing, hair testimony, January 2018, Mississippi, Robert Mink, Steckler-Miller case, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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Delays in DNA Testing
As long ago as August 2016, it seems that Willie Manning and the State were “attempting to reach an agreement on how to proceed with developing a DNA profile from hairs that were used at Mr. Manning’s trial.” A new Mississippi Supreme … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic testimony, hair testimony, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA profile, DNA testing, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, hair testimony, Injustice, innocence, March 2017, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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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
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Facing Execution
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
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Willie’s Voice: “This System is Broken.”
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
Posted in African American, Al Jazeera, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, DNA testing, execution, FBI hair review, fingerprint comparison, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensics, hair testimony, Injustice, junk science, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2014, African American, Al Jazeera The System, ballistics testimony, capital murder, conviction, David Voisin, death penalty, Department of Justice, DNA testing, FBI hair testimony review, fingerprint comparison, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Injustice, Joe Berlinger, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, June 2014, Marshon Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Washington Post, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Al Jazeera: Program due June 1
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
Posted in African American, Al Jazeera, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, DNA testing, FBI hair review, fingerprint comparison, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, hair testimony, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, junk science, Mississippi, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera The System, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensics, Injustice, Joe Berlinger, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, May 2014, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Pam Cole, Tiffany Miller, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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