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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
Premeditated Attempted Murder
Willie Manning’s prosecutor, Forrest Allgood, was implicated by a recanting witness (Kevin Lucious) in Willie’s 1993 case: “Luscious said District Attorney Forrest Allgood… told Luscious that he would not charge him with capital murder if he cooperated.” And in Willie’s … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, death penalty abuse, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Injustice, Jim Williams, John Thompson, July 2016, Louisiana, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Why was there no Blood?
A radio blog recorded on the eve of Willie Jerome Manning’s scheduled execution in May, 2013, is illuminating: a private investigator and former policeman re-examines the evidence in Willie’s 1992 case, finding many omissions and inconsistencies.* The investigator on the … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, law enforcement, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, police, USA, Willie Jerome Manning Mississippi Death Row, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, Blog Talk Radio, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, law enforcement, March 2016, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, police, police investigations, The Other Side of Justice, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions
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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
Hope in the Midst of Despair
Imagine being on death row for 20 years, convicted of crimes of which you are innocent. Your juries believed the prosecutors, and during the appeals process your innocence becomes irrelevant (appeals focus only on whether correct procedures have been followed). … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, prison conditions, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, heat index, inmates, innocence, Innocent, July 2015, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, prisons, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
US Supreme Court: Faulty Analysis of Willie’s Cases
Death penalty supporters disappointed by last month’s US Supreme Court ruling are finding hope for the future in the dissents to the ruling, supported by four of the nine justices. Justice Breyer’s dissent is particularly comprehensive: “I would ask for full … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Glossip v. Gross, Justice Breyer, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, SCOTUS, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, DNA testing, FBI flawed hair testimony, Fly Manning, Glossip v. Gross, Jimmerson-Jordan murders, July 2015, Justice Breyer, Justice Breyer's dissent, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, SCOTUS, Steckler-Miller murders, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Twenty Wasted Years
Today, November 10 2014, is a significant landmark for Willie Jerome Manning: on this day it is twenty years since he first entered Mississippi’s death row. When he was taken onto death row the first official White House website had just … Continue reading
Posted in African American injustice, American justice, criminal justice, death penalty, death penalty USA, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County, prison conditions, solitary confinement, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, capital murder, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2014, Oktibbeha County, solitary confinement, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Watch Documentary Clips on Willie’s New Webpage
If you missed the Al Jazeera America documentary featuring Willie Manning (episode 3 of the series, The System), you now have a chance to watch parts of it on the recently created website, SAVE Innocents on death row in the … Continue reading
Posted in African American injustice, Al Jazeera America The System, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty USA, Death Row Injustice, death row innocence, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American injustice, Al Jazeera America The System, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, David Dow, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, death row innocence, Fly Manning, July 2014, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Reggie Griffin, Samuel Gross, SAVE innocents on death row in the USA, Vanessa Potkin, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Flawed FBI Hair Analysis: Defendants Kept in the Dark
‘Flawed Forensics’ (episode 3 of the Al Jazeera America series, The System) reveals that when conducting forensic hair analysis, FBI experts were often pressured to skew results in favor of the prosecution (see FBI Hair Analysis: Favoring the Prosecution). More … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Death Row injustice,, FBI, FBI hair review, flawed testimony, Fly Manning, forensic hair analysis, Injustice, John Huffington, junk science, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutors, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, Al Jazeera America The System, capital murder, criminal justice system USA, death penalty, Death Row, Department of Justice, FBI, FBI scandal, Fly Manning, Fred Westhurst, Injustice, John Huffington, July 2014, Michael Bromwich, miscarriages of justice, prosecutorial misconduct, USA injustice, Washington Post FBI hair review, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
