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- Twenty-Five Years on Death Row November 10, 2019
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Tag Archives: Forrest Allgood
Twenty-Five Years on Death Row
Today, November 10, 2019, marks 25 years since Willie Manning first entered death row. A jury had found him guilty of murdering Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler, despite no physical evidence linking him to the murders. Two years later Willie … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint analysis, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2019, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Earl Jordan, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Earl Jordan, false testimony, February 2018, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Jimmerson-Jordan case, Kevin Lucious, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Paula Hathorn, Police Captain Lindley, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Starkville, Steckler-Miller case, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
The Connection with Lynchings
The Movement for Black Lives’ new policy platform is clear about the death penalty’s racism: “The death penalty in the U.S. was designed to bring lynching into the courtroom and has targeted Blacks and other people of color and poor … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, Movement for Black Lives, racism, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2016, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, lynchings, Mississippi, Movement for Black Lives, Oktibbeha County, Police Chief David Lindley, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, racism, Sheriff Dolph Bryant, Starkville, State misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Premeditated Attempted Murder
Willie Manning’s prosecutor, Forrest Allgood, was implicated by a recanting witness (Kevin Lucious) in Willie’s 1993 case: “Luscious said District Attorney Forrest Allgood… told Luscious that he would not charge him with capital murder if he cooperated.” And in Willie’s … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, death penalty abuse, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Injustice, Jim Williams, John Thompson, July 2016, Louisiana, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Allgood’s Departure: Good News!
Another year has passed: today it is exactly twenty-one years since Willie Manning first entered death row. This year has been a significant one for Willie. In April charges for his 1993 case were dropped, effectively exonerating him in that … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Forrest Allgood, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, elections, FBI hair testimony, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, innocence, Kevin Lucious, Mississippi, November 2015, prosecutor misconduct, Radley Balko, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Prosecutors: Many Bad Apples
The Daily Beast’s series of articles on prosecutors this summer was alarming. This summary gives a taste of the content: “American prosecutors are powerful officials. They have the power to deprive people of their liberty, destroy their reputations, and even take … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, election, FBI hair testimony, Forrest Allgood, Judge Alex Kozinski, Kennedy Brewer, Levon Brooks, Mississippi, prosecutor immunity, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Sabrina Butler, September 2015, Tyler Edmonds, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Doubt Cast on Officials’ Integrity
At last Willie Manning has only one death penalty case to fight! On Monday, April 20 2015, a Mississippi judge signed an Order of Nolle Prosequi (not wanting to prosecute) for Willie’s Brookville Garden case involving the murders of two elderly … Continue reading
Posted in Brookville Gardens murders, capital murder, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, snitch testimony, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, African American, April 2015, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, exoneration, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Kevin Lucious, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, Police Captain Lindley, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, recanted testimony, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, snitch testimony, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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“We were paid to lie and say that he did it.”
In the course of the Al Jazeera program, Flawed Forensics (episode 3 in the Al Jazeera series, The System), the documentary team investigates Willie’s second case, involving the murder of two elderly African American women in 1993. The program highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Al Jazeera, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, confession made under pressure, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, Innocent, law enforcement USA, Mississippi corruption, Mississippi judicial system, perjured witness testimony, prosecutor misconduct, recanting witness, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness pressured, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, injustice in Mississippi, June 2014, Kevin Lucious, Likeesha Harris, Mississippi, perjury, prosecutor misconduct, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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Agents for the Prosecution
Willie Jerome Manning’s name and picture have reappeared in US and international newspapers over the last few days in connection with what a UK newspaper, The Independent, headlines as an ‘American Justice Scandal’, and another UK paper, The Daily Mail, … Continue reading
Posted in African American, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, Forrest Allgood, hair testimony, Injustice, justice, Justice King, Mississippi, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2013, African American, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, Denny LeBoeuf, DNA evidence, DNA testing, FBI, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensic scientists, Forrest Allgood, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, July 2013, Justice, Justice King, Manning, Mississippi, Texas Forensic Science Commission, Tiffany Miller, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning execution date
The Burden of Innocence
Today it is exactly two months since the scheduled execution date for Willie Jerome Manning. Then, the very real possibility of Willie losing his life focused our attention and spurred us on to read articles and sign petitions. The FBI … Continue reading
Posted in African American, America, capital murder, Clive Stafford Smith, convicted, conviction, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, justice, Justice for WIllie Manning, Justice4Willie, Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, murder victims' relatives, murders, Oktibbeha County, prosecutors presented false evidence, prosecutors withheld evidence, Reprieve, Supreme Court, USA, victims' relatives, Vilification, Willie, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Jerome Manning Mississippi, Willie Jerome Manning Mississippi Death Row, Willie Manning, Willie Manning Mississippi, Willie Manning Mississippi Death Row
Tagged 2013, African American, Clive Stafford Smith, convicted, conviction, Daniel Medwed, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, Exculpatory evidence, Fly Manning, Fly Manning execution date, Forrest Allgood, Injustice, Innocent, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, July 2013, Justice, Justice4Willie, Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, no physical evidence, Oktibbeha County, prosecutors presented false evidence, prosecutors withheld evidence, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning execution date, Willie Manning Mississippi
