Tag Archives: Mississippi Department of Corrections

A Birthday with Greater Freedom

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Today is Willie Manning’s 55th birthday. We wish him a happy and peaceful day. This birthday will be Willie’s first one spent under a new regime of greater freedom: since March, Willie has been allowed to go outside his cell … Continue reading →

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Execution Protocols: without Guidance or Restrictions

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Today it is exactly ten years since Willie Manning came very close to being executed. Five years ago we remembered that day through a series of quotations; those words still have the power to invoke the emotions that we felt … Continue reading →

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COVID-19

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Justice for Willie

Staying inside a tiny prison cell all day, every day, day after day is not easy. Willie Manning likes taking advantage of the little opportunity he gets to go outside for restricted exercise, where he may also find solace in … Continue reading →

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Shocking Deaths

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Justice for Willie

There has been shock and horror in Mississippi and beyond at the deaths of five Mississippi prison inmates in less than a week. Three of the deaths were at the state penitentiary at Parchman, the prison where Willie Manning is … Continue reading →

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A Trail of Hidden Victims

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Justice for Willie

A former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections has spoken out against the terrible impact of capital punishment on prison staff. Allen L. Ault was responding to this summer’s announcement that the federal death penalty will be resumed after a … Continue reading →

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Abominations Masked by Secrecy

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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Multiple, Repeated Hygiene Breaches

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Justice for Willie

The kitchen that provides food for Willie Manning and other Unit 29 inmates in Parchman prison, Mississippi, was closed down from July 24 because of its multiple, repeated hygiene breaches. Among the violations reported were: -Cornbread baked on dirty racks. -Bread … Continue reading →

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Midazolam: an Unsuitable Drug

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Justice for Willie

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 →

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Willie’s DNA Profile Requested

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Today it is exactly two years – 730 long days – since a mandate from the Mississippi Supreme Court allowed Willie Manning to pursue his request for DNA testing and fingerprint comparison. For Willie the two years must have seemed interminable. … Continue reading →

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A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Mississippi’s Attorney General, Jim Hood, who was so vociferously in favour of Willie Jerome Manning’s execution two years ago, is embroiled in a battle to suppress the identity of people involved in executions and of those providing drugs for lethal … Continue reading →

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