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Tag Archives: Mississippi State Penitentiary
COVID-19
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
Posted in corona virus, COVID-19,, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged April 2020, corona virus, Death Row, Fly Manning, hand washing, isolation, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, soap, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Yo Gotti
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Twenty-Five Years on Death Row
Today, November 10, 2019, marks 25 years since Willie Manning first entered death row. A jury had found him guilty of murdering Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler, despite no physical evidence linking him to the murders. Two years later Willie … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint analysis, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, November 2019, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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A Trail of Hidden Victims
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
Posted in capital punishment, correctional staff, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Allen L. Ault, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, executions, federal death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, post traumatic stress disorder, September 2019, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Sickness and Deaths
Willie Manning’s prison, Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, is inspected annually; failures in safety and health obligations are then uncovered. Several times previously we have noted the problems at the prison.* This year is no different: an inspection in June … Continue reading
Posted in Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged August 2019, capital punishment, Cliff Johnson, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, health, MacArthur Justice Center, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, Ron Welch, safety, sanitation, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Ripples of Sorrow
Willie Manning’s trial for the murder of two students was held in November, 1994. A few months earlier, another Mississippi capital murder trial took place which was to change the life of one of the jurors forever.* In July, 1994, … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Glen Wilcher, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, execution, jurors, Lindy Lou Isonhood, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Bobby Glen Wilcher, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, execution, Fly Manning, juries, jurors, Lindy Lou Isonhood, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, post traumatic stress disorder, September 2018, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Happy 50th birthday!
Today, June 12, 2018, we wish Willie Jerome Manning a happy 50th birthday. Happy birthday, Willie!
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, June 2018, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Epps’ Last Chapter
Christopher Epps was the Mississippi Corrections Commissioner for 12 of the 22 years that Willie Manning has spent on the state’s death row. Now Epps is facing his own lengthy incarceration – nearly 20 years of it – for taking $1.4 million … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Epps, corruption, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged bribery, Cecil McCrory, Chris Epps, Christopher Epps, corruption, Death Row, Dr. Carl Reddix, Fly Manning, Irb Benjamin, Judge Wingate, Mark Longoria, May 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, prison contracts, Sam Waggoner, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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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
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How Would Willie Have Gotten Home?
Ex-policeman, Vincent Hill, has grave concerns about the police investigation that followed the murders of which Willie Manning is convicted. Hill believes that the murders of two Mississippi State University students had the stamp of a crime of passion, as opposed … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, death penalty, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, law enforcement, March 2016, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi State University, murders, Oktibbeha County, police, police investigation, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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