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Multiple, Repeated Hygiene Breaches

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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Mississippi Prisoners Malnourished

According to the Mississippi Food Network, one in four Mississippians do not have enough to eat:  many therefore use food pantries. Prisoners, however, have no access to these. And according to Margaret Winter, associate director of the ACLU National Prison Project, … Continue reading

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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

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Willie’s Suffering – a Central Election Issue

Rick Halperin was far from circumspect about capital punishment when he spoke on a United Nations panel last week (see video at 19.00). He condemned the death penalty as ‘state sponsored revenge’, ‘physical and psychological terror and torture’, and a symptom … Continue reading

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A Message from Willie

Dear everyone I must have written you a hundred letters in my mind. Sometimes I just lay here and think of all the things I want to say – but for one reason or another – I always find it … Continue reading

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Another Astonishing Ruling

On March 2, Willie Manning submitted a post-hearing memorandum challenging the constitutional validity of his convictions for the murders of two elderly ladies at their apartment in Brooksville Garden in 1993. This is the second of Willie’s two cases, and … Continue reading

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Execution date announced

Shockingly, a May 7 execution date has been set for Willie Jerome Manning by the Mississippi State Court, despite the very serious issues that are unresolved across both his cases (which were held in the same area, with the same prosecutor). Incredibly, the … Continue reading

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Murder victim’s sister feels execution wouldn’t help

Suzanne Steckler, sister of murder victim Jon Steckler, is reported to have said “(An execution) doesn’t bring our brother back. Because of that, we don’t wish that ill will on anyone else’s family. I don’t believe (Manning’s) death helps us … Continue reading

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Willie Manning support video and soundtrack now available

You can now download from this site a video and soundtrack featuring the song, ‘Ain’t you got a right to the tree of life?’ created to support Willie Manning. Please feel free to share these with your friends and family.

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Execution Date Opposed

Willie has opposed the setting of a date for his execution, citing important issues that he wants to raise.

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