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- Shocking Deaths January 12, 2020
- Grounds for Optimism December 17, 2019
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Tag Archives: innocence
Happy 52nd Birthday!
Today, Friday June 12, 2020, is Willie Manning’s 52nd birthday. We wish him a happy birthday. Willie has been depressed by the video footage showing African American George Floyd being killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, while other … Continue reading
Posted in African American, criminal justice, Mississippi, police misconduct, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Black Liives Matter, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, George Floyd, innocence, June 2020, Minneapolis, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, police misconduct, racial injustice, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Happy 51st birthday!
Today, Wednesday June 12, 2019, is Willie Manning’s 51st birthday. We wish him a very happy birthday. On the surface not much has changed for Willie over the last year, but there are signs that the Mississippi Supreme Court is … Continue reading
Posted in DNA testing, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, hair analysis, innocence, June 2019, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Parchman, USA, Willie Manning, Willie Manning Mississippi, wrongful convictions
Willie’s Family
Willie Manning’s daughter turned 3 years old soon after he entered death row; she is now 27. Willie has thus been absent for most of his daughter’s childhood and adolescence, and for much of her twenties; he has been unable … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2018, Fly Manning, holiday season, innocence, Mississippi, prisoners' families, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Richard Burdine, who died last month, represented Willie Manning at the penalty phase of his trial. Burdine was an African American lawyer who deserves credit for frequently accepting indigent defendants as clients. He was publicly commended by the Mississippi legislature in … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, defense attorneys, Mississippi, Penalty phase, Richard Burdine, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2018, capital punishment, culpability phase, death penalty, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, ineffective assistance of counsel, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi legislature, Penalty phase, Richard Burdine, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witnesses
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
Abominations Masked by Secrecy
Willie Jerome Manning first came to the world’s attention because of an article by Clive Stafford Smith, who continues to speak out against the death penalty. Stafford Smith recently described the US death penalty as a dying dinosaur – destined for … Continue reading
Posted in Arkansas, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, execution drugs, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, lethal injection drugs, Mississippi, pharmaceutical companies, secrecy, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged April 2017, Arkansas, botched executions, Clive Stafford Smith, compounding pharmacies, executions, Fly Manning, Ineffective trial attorneys, innocence, Justice King, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, pharmaceutical companies, Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Supreme Court of Mississippi, USA, vulnerable people, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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
The Significance of Absent Witnesses
In the early hours of the December 11, 1992, two Mississippi State University students were murdered. Willie Manning said he was at the 2500 Club that night. As the prosecutor himself pointed out, if Willie was at that club, he … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2500 Club, alibi, capital punishment, credible witnesses, death penalty, Doug Miller, Fly Manning, ineffective counsel, innocence, March 2017, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Sherron Armstead Mitchell, Troylin Jones, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witnesses, wrongful convictions
Incarcerated by Fellow Citizens
Those on death row suffer unimaginable torture; the inmates who have been wrongly convicted do so even more. Like kidnap victims, those with wrongful convictions have been seized and held against their will; but, unlike kidnap victims, they are not … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, February 2017, Florida, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Ireland, meditation, Mississippi, Peter Pringle, post traumatic stress disorder, Professor Gordon Turnbull, Sunny Jacobs, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions, yoga
Less fortunate than ourselves
It is ten years since Clive Stafford Smith alerted the world to Willie Manning’s appalling plight. Stafford Smith’s article began: “It is a platitude to suggest that as the Christmas season approaches we should consider those less fortunate than ourselves, but … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, death row mental health, death row solitary confinement, Fly Manning, human rights abuse, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2006, December 2016, Fly Manning, human rights abuses, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi courts, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
