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- The Long Road from Factual Innocence to Exoneration November 28, 2025
- The Killing of Richard Jordan July 30, 2025
- A New Video for Willie’s Birthday June 12, 2025
- Willie’s Grandfather and the KKK May 7, 2025
- Discrimination incriminates February 23, 2025
- Judicial District 16: Official Misconduct and False Forensics November 2, 2024
- Mississippi Supreme Court “Perverts its Function” September 18, 2024
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- New Video: The Case was Fabricated August 2, 2024
- Highs and Lows – and Birthday Wishes! June 12, 2024
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The Long Road from Factual Innocence to Exoneration
It is over a year since Willie Manning asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to let him present newly discovered evidence to the circuit court. In his Motion for Rehearing he argued that the court erred in … Continue reading
Discrimination incriminates
Two briefs supporting Willie Manning have been submitted to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The national and local Innocence Projects use theirs to show that jailhouse informant testimony, unreliable forensic science, and prosecutorial misconduct are “leading contributing factors to wrongful conviction”. … Continue reading
Racially Charged Injustice
Like Willie Manning, Rodney Reed is on death row in the south of the USA, with a case that is racially charged: Reed, who is black, was found guilty by an all-white jury of murdering a white woman in Texas … Continue reading
Racial Bias
In violation of Willie Manning’s constitutional rights, the prosecutor at his trial, aided by the judge, unfairly excluded several African Americans from the jury. Four Mississippi Supreme Court judges were later to recognize this as “a clear pattern suggesting pretextual … Continue reading
Never give up hope.
Anthony Ray Hinton’s wrongful conviction and death sentence for murder in Alabama is as shocking as it is revealing. Soon after Hinton’s arrest a police officer told him: “You know, I don’t care whether you did or didn’t do it. … Continue reading
Five Years On
May 7, 2013 was Willie Manning’s scheduled execution date. Five years on, we recall that time through quotations. And we sincerely hope that Willie will never again experience that appalling trauma. “Mississippi, prove that institutional racism is no longer a … Continue reading
“This System’s all a Lie”
Steven Hayne was the medical examiner at Willie Manning’s trial and at many others in Mississippi; he was unqualified and scandalously incompetent (see here and here). A book just published, “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice … Continue reading
A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination
At Willie Manning’s trial, the prosecutor rejected African American jurors time and time again.[i] Prosecutors may not use race as the reason for striking potential jurors, so he gave other reasons (and in some cases several reasons). But the racial … Continue reading
A Method of Control
Clive Stafford Smith has played a pivotal role in Willie Manning’s cases, first as Willie’s post-conviction lawyer, and later as publicist for some of the injustices inflicted on him. Last month Stafford Smith joined other death penalty experts in condemning capital … Continue reading
A Travesty of Justice
22 years ago, the conviction of Willie Manning for the murder of two students caused anger in the local community, who believed racism had influenced the verdict. On November 19, 1994, the Oktibbeha County NAACP sponsored a protest march* to … Continue reading
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