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Tag Archives: hair testimony
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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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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Status Update
A Mississippi Supreme Court letter last month confirmed that Willie Manning’s lawyers were trying to proceed with DNA testing on hair from his remaining case. The December letter requests a status update: “The last status update in the above case, as … Continue reading
Posted in DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic testing, hair testimony, Mississippi Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensics, hair analysis, hair testimony, January 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, State of Mississippi Judiciary, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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False Testimony Amplified
The issue of forensic hair testimony in Willie’s remaining case was clarified last month by D.H. Kaye in three posts on his blog, Forensic Science, Statistics & the Law (see here, here and here). Kaye discussed the errors made by the … Continue reading
Posted in Fly Manning, forensic testimony, Injustice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, American justice, August 2015, D H Kaye, FBI ballistics testimony, FBI hair testimony review, flawed forensic testimony, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Injustice, junk science, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, Robert Dunham, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials
On the same day that Willie Manning was exonerated in his 1993 case (April 20, 2015) the FBI published a report relevant to his 1992 case. The report confirms the gist of Flawed Forensics, last year’s Al Jazeera program featuring Willie, that … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, exonerations, flawed forensic hair testimony, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, ballistics testimony, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exoneration, FBI, flawed forensic testimony, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Innocence Project, May 2015, Mississippi, Peter Neufield, Robert Dunham, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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FBI Hair Analysis: Favoring the Prosecution
‘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
Posted in Al Jazeera, American justice, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, FBI hair review, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensics, hair testimony, Injustice, junk science, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, Al Jazeera America The System, death penalty, DNA testing, FBI hair analysis, Fly Manning, forensics, Fred Whitehurst, hair testimony, Injustice, John Huffington, Joseph Diginova, June 2014, Michael Bromwich, microscopic hair analysis, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, Ryan Malone, United States Department of Justice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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DNA and Fingerprint Testing: Permission to Proceed!
The Mississippi Supreme Court today filed an order permitting Willie Manning to pursue his request for DNA and fingerprint testing in the Oktibbeha circuit court (see the Mississippi Supreme Court order here). The decision of the judges was unanimous, reversing their … Continue reading
Posted in African American, ballistics testimony, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint testing, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, hair testimony, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, justice, Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2013, African American, ballistics analysis, ballistics testimony, conviction, death penalty, DNA testing, expert testimony, fingerprint testing, fingerprints, Fly Manning, hair analysis, hair testimony, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, July 2013, Manning, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha circuit court, Oktibbeha County, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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