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Tag Archives: lethal injections
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
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What we are doing is wrong
Of all the execution methods being considered in the Mississippi senate last week, it was the firing squad that was rejected; nitrogen hypoxia and electrocution are still being considered. Discounting the firing squad is understandable, as Radley Balko explains: “We recoil … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, firing squad, human rights abuse, lethal injections, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Arthur v. Dunn, botched executions, Bryan Stevenson, cruel and unusual punishment, electrocution, executions, firing squad, Fly Manning, Justice Sotomayor, lethal injections, March 2017, midazolam, Mississippi, nitrogen hypoxia, Radley Balko, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Repressive Social and Racial Control
Two years ago the Mississippi Supreme Court overturned the two murder convictions in Willie Manning’s second case, saying: “[T]he State violated his due-process rights when it failed to provide favorable, material evidence, upon request.” Willie was fortunate. If exculpatory police canvass … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Mississippi, racial control, social control, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, electric chair, electrocution, executions, February 2017, firing squad, Fly Manning, Holly Travis, House Bill 638, Injustice, Jen Marlowe, Jim Craig, lethal injections, Mississippi, nitrogen hypoxia, racial control, social control, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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A Good Start to 2017
On death row any good news can raise the spirits. As 2017 begins, Willie Manning must be happy to know that a fellow inmate, Charles Crawford, has been allowed to challenge Mississippi’s plan to use compounded drugs, specifically midazolam, for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, Charles Crawford, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, lethal injection drugs, midazolam, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2017, capital punishment, Charles Crawford, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, January 2017, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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Midazolam: an Unsuitable Drug
While DNA testing and fingerprint comparison continue in Willie Manning’s case, other claims relevant to him are before the Mississippi Supreme Court. Two other death row inmates, Richard Jordan and Gerald Loden, continue to challenge attempts by the Mississippi Department … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty constitutionality, execution drugs, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, lethal injection drugs, midazolam, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Dr Craig Stevens, Fly Manning, Gerald Loden, Injustice, July 2016, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, MDOC, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Supreme Court, pharmacological equivalency, Richard Jordan, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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A Critical Turning Point
Last week the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, announced it was prohibiting the use of its chemicals as execution drugs: thus was the US death penalty brought to a new juncture. As the human rights organisation, Reprieve, commented: “This is a critical … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Death Row, execution drugs, executions, Fly Manning, lethal injections, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, compounding pharmacies, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, execution drugs, executions, FDA, firing squad, Fly Manning, Injustice, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, May 2016, Mississippi, Pfizer, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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The Barbarity of Executions
There have been plenty of lockdowns for Willie Manning on Mississippi’s death row lately, but at least there have been no executions there since 2012. Jim Hood, the Attorney General, wants that to change. And if that means using nitrogen gas, … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Attorney General, capital punishment, death penalty, electric chair, executions, February 2016, firing squad, Fly Manning, Jim Hood, lethal injections, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, nitrogen gas, Oklahoma, Pope Francis, Tennessee, USA, Utah, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Extremity of Torture
Richard Glossip came close to execution in Oklahoma twice last month. The first time, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted him a stay to allow his lawyers to submit new evidence; but his ensuing appeal was quickly rejected by … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Richard Glossip, torture, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, Charles Warner, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, human rights abuse, Injustice, innocence, lethal injections, Mississippi, October 2015, Oklahoma, potassium acetate, potassium chloride, Richard Glossip, torture, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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A Bitter Blow
The Glossip v. Gross ruling is a bitter blow for death penalty opponents. A deeply divided and acrimonious US Supreme Court ruled 5:4 last week that: “Because the death penalty is constitutional there must be a constitutional way of carrying it out.” … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Glossip v. Gross, innocence, Justice Scalia, Mississippi, SCOTUS, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Fly Manning, Glossip v. Gross, Ian Millhiser, innocence, John Stinneford, July 2015, Justice Scalia, lethal injections, Michael Radelet, midazolam, Mississippi, Richard Glossip, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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