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Tag Archives: police misconduct
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
The Real Murderers may have Killed Again
Willie Manning has always claimed innocence in both his cases, and has already been exonerated in one case. Referring to Willie’s remaining case, former policeman Vincent Hill explains that the murders of two students indicate not robbery, but a crime of … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, crime, criminal justice, death penalty, fighting crime, Mississippi, police, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, Alberta Jordan, April 2018, crime, criminal justice, death penalty, Emmoline Jimmerson, Fly Manning, Frank Baumgartner, homicide, Jennifer Thompson, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, murder, police, police misconduct, robbery, Tiffany Miller, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning
The Puzzle of Jordan’s Strange Testimony
Earl Jordan, was a key witness at Willie Manning’ Steckler-Miller trial: he told the court that he heard Willie confessing that both he and Jessie ‘One Wing’ Lawrence had committed the murders. Jordan recanted his trial testimony a few years … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Earl Jordan, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Earl Jordan, false testimony, February 2018, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Jimmerson-Jordan case, Kevin Lucious, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Paula Hathorn, Police Captain Lindley, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Starkville, Steckler-Miller case, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Disproportionate Harm
Those wrongly convicted of murder suffer great harm. They may spend years in prison under threat of execution; they may even lose their lives. Far from being perpetrators, they are additional victims of the perpetrators. A report published last year, based … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exonerations, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2018, African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, exonerations, Fly Manning, institutional racism, January 2018, Mississippi, National Registry of Exonerations, official misconduct, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States, racial discrimination, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness tampering, wrongful convictions
Frank Parker: Snitch Testimony
At the trial where Willie Manning was convicted of murdering two students, Frank Parker testified that he had overheard Willie saying he “sold the gun on the street”. Thus Willie was linked to the murders, and specifically to the missing … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, incentivized witnesses, jailhouse informant, jailhouse snitch, Mississippi, snitch testimony, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Frank Parker, incentivized witness testimony, jailhouse informant, jailhouse snitches, July 2017, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Radley Balko, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, snitch testimony, Starkville, Texas, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Happy 49th Birthday!
Today is Willie Manning’s 49th birthday. He has spent 22½ years on death row. When Willie was first questioned by law enforcement about the murder of two students he remained upbeat, confident that his innocence would be recognized and that … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, law enforcement, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2500 Club, birthday, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, June 2017, law enforcement, lie detector, Mississippi, Paula Hathorn, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Starkville, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
The Connection with Lynchings
The Movement for Black Lives’ new policy platform is clear about the death penalty’s racism: “The death penalty in the U.S. was designed to bring lynching into the courtroom and has targeted Blacks and other people of color and poor … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, Movement for Black Lives, racism, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2016, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, lynchings, Mississippi, Movement for Black Lives, Oktibbeha County, Police Chief David Lindley, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, racism, Sheriff Dolph Bryant, Starkville, State misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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DNA Tests: Errors Can Occur
In recent years we have come to think of DNA testing as a ‘gold standard’ that can convict or exonerate. But forensics experts urge caution. William Thompson declares: “DNA tests are not now and have never been infallible. Errors in … Continue reading
Posted in DNA testing, forensics, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, corruption, death penalty, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensics, incompetence, January 2016, Kathleen Jordan, Michael Lynch, Mississippi, Nathan Robinson, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Ruth McNally, Simon A. Cole, USA, William C.Thompson, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Not Once, but Twice
Right at the end of 2015, Willie Manning’s name again appeared in a national newspaper: the New York Times reminded its readers about his exoneration earlier in the year. The New York Times was wrong to describe the victims in the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, death peanlty, exonerations, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2016, African American, capital punishment, circumstantial evidence, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, death sentence, exonerations, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Injustice, January 2016, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
A Real Exoneration
Well done, Columbus Dispatch, for turning out a well-balanced article by Carl Smith about Willie Manning last month! Smith summarized the information in the legal documents that led to Willie’s exoneration in his 1993 case, and provided links so readers could … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, death sentence, exonerations, eyewitness testimony, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, unreliable witnesses, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, Carl Smith, Columbus Dispatch Mississippi, death penalty, Death Row, death sentence, Exculpatory evidence, exonerations, eyewitness identification, Injustice, May 2015, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, recanted testimony, unreliable witnesses, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
