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Tag Archives: Injustice
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
The Significance of John Wise’s Car*
When Willie Manning was first indicted for the murders of two students, he was charged with kidnaping as well; the prosecutors later abandoned the kidnaping charge and substituted robbery. Both kidnaping and robbery allowed them to seek the death penalty … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, fingerprint comparison, John Wise, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged burglary, Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County, fingerprint analysis, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, forensics, Injustice, John Wise, John Wise's car, Jon Steckler, kidnaping, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, November 2018, robbery, Starkville, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, jailhouse snitches, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, Earl Jordan, Fly Manning, Frank Parker, In the Dark, Injustice, jailhouse snitches, July 2018, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, National Registry of Exonerations, unreliable testimony, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Happy 50th birthday!
Today, June 12, 2018, we wish Willie Jerome Manning a happy 50th birthday. Happy birthday, Willie!
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, June 2018, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
No History of Violence
Willie Manning’s history supports his claim that he has never committed murder. He had previous convictions, but never for violence. As one of his attorneys confirmed, “He didn’t have any violent convictions. His criminal history was for things like theft.” … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Blog Talk Radio, capital punishment, criminal history, criminal justice, David Skato, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, March 2018, Mary Prater, Mississippi, Robert Mink, The Other Side of Justice, ThinkProgress, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
US Death Penalty: Systemic Problems
It is not surprising that public opinion in the USA is increasingly recoiling from the death penalty: the annual Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) report reveals continuing “systemic problems” in its implementation: “As use of the death penalty dwindles, one might … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DPIC, executions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged brain damage, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, DPIC, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, intellectual disability, January 2018, mental illness, Mississippi, torture, trauma, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Shifting Opinions
November 10, 2017 was the day when Willie Manning completed 23 years on death row. There have been many changes since Willie first entered the row; one that should gladden him is the big decline in American public support for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Gallup polls, public opinion, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 1994, America, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Gallup polls, Injustice, Mississippi, November 2017, Pew Research, public opinion, Republicans, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Hope in Sherwood Brown’s New Trial
Willie Manning must be happy that his fellow death row inmate and African American, Sherwood Brown, has been granted a new trial by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Like Willie, Brown had been pursuing DNA testing; like Willie, he was granted DNA … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, flawed forensics, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Sherwood Brown, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, bite mark evidence, DNA testing, Dr Michael West, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, Injustice, Kennedy Brewer, Mississippi, Mississippi Innocence Project, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2017, Sherwood Brown, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
A Dirty Secret
It is a “dirty secret”, known by few, that the American death penalty system is “specifically engineered to ensure that those who are convicted stay convicted, guilty or not.”[i] This is how it works. Death sentences routinely result from poor defense … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged AEDPA, African American, capital defense lawyers, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, habeas corpus petition, Injustice, Mississippi, October 2017, Parchman, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Richard North Patterson, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
Without Logic or Fairness
Even in a case with as many anomalies as Willie Manning’s, the reason for making him a murder suspect in the first place is particularly troubling.* Four months after students Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler were murdered, a silver monogrammed … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, police, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, John Wise, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, October 2017, police investigation, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Starkville, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
