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Discrimination incriminates

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Justice for Willie

Two briefs supporting Willie Manning have been submitted to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The national and local Innocence Projects use theirs to show that jailhouse informant testimony, unreliable forensic science, and prosecutorial misconduct are “leading contributing factors to wrongful conviction”. … Continue reading →

Posted in death penalty, Mississippi, racism, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2025, ACLU, African American, Amicus Curiae briefs, Batson claim, death penalty, Doug Evans, February 2025, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Innocence Project, juries, Justice Kitchens, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, prosecutorial misconduct, racism, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

New Video: The Case was Fabricated

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Justice for Willie

A new video about Willie Manning’s remaining case has been launched, showing how aspects of his trial that suggested guilt have now been demolished. Yet the real possibility of Willie’s execution remains. Ballistics evidence formed a significant part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in ballistics testimony, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions | Tagged August 2024, Chris Fabricant, death penalty, Earl Jordan, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, Innocence Project, Jon Steckler, Krissy Nobile, Matt Duff, Mississippi, Paula Hathorn, private investigator, Tiffany Miller, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | Leave a comment

Racially Charged Injustice

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Like Willie Manning, Rodney Reed is on death row in the south of the USA, with a case that is racially charged: Reed, who is black, was found guilty by an all-white jury of murdering a white woman in Texas … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, racism, Rodney Reed, Texas, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, all-white jury, capital punishment, death penalty, DNA testing, execution, flawed forensic testimony, Governor Greg Abbott, Innocence Project, Mississippi, October 2019, racism, Rodney Reed, Texas, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Jim Hood: undermining the rights of criminal defendants

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Justice for Willie

It seems that while Willie Manning has been languishing in his cell, the Attorney General, Jim Hood, has been busy harassing experienced capital defense lawyers in Mississippi. Radley Balko relates that Hood has found a way to do this by using … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Jim Hood, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning | Tagged African American, capital murder, capital punishment, Chris Fabricant, criminal defendants, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, forensics, Injustice, Innocence Project, Jim Hood Attorney General, legal rights, Michael West, Mississippi, September 2016, Tucker Carrington, USA, Vanessa Potts, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Leave a comment

You either have it or you don’t.

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Justice for Willie

Three years ago, on May 7 2013, Willie Manning narrowly avoided execution. Tucker Carrington, founding director of the Mississippi Innocence Project and law professor at the University of Mississippi, has expressed what many people feel about Mississippi’s attitude towards Willie: … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, status, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Eddie Lee Howard, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocence Project, low status, May 2016, mental illness, Mississippi, Mississippi Innocence Project, poverty, status, Tucker Carrington, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | 1 Comment

Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Justice for Willie

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 | Leave a comment

What is Mississippi Afraid of?

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Justice for Willie

Amid increasing media support for Willie, two articles have raised the peculiarity of the State’s reluctance to embrace DNA testing for Willie. Andrew Cohen, an award winning USA legal analyst and commentator, has written a lengthy article which concludes, “It … Continue reading →

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Innocence Project Asks Governor to Test Evidence

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Justice for Willie

The Innocence Project has called on the Governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, to stay the execution of Willie Manning and order DNA testing of the physical evidence in his case. They want people to send a message to Governor Bryant, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Innocence Project

Discrimination incriminates

New Video: The Case was Fabricated

Racially Charged Injustice

Jim Hood: undermining the rights of criminal defendants

You either have it or you don’t.

Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials

What is Mississippi Afraid of?

Innocence Project Asks Governor to Test Evidence

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