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Tag Archives: racism
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, racism, Rodney Reed, Texas, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, all-white jury, capital punishment, death penalty, DNA testing, execution, flawed forensic testimony, Governor Greg Abbott, Innocence Project, Mississippi, October 2019, racism, Rodney Reed, Texas, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, jurors, Mississippi, racism, Washington State, Willie Manning
Tagged African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Doug Evans, Fly Manning, Heather Evans, juror strikes, jurors, jury, Katherine Beckett, Mississippi, November 2018, prosecutorial misconduct, Race Death and Justice: Capital Sentencing in Washington State 1981-2014, racism, US Supreme Court, USA, Washington State, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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
Posted in African American, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, racism, The Sun Does Shine, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, Alabama, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, false ballistics evidence, Fly Manning, June 2018, juror strikes, Mississippi, official misconduct, Oprah Winfrey, perjury, racism, The Sun Does Shine, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, execution, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, execution, executioner, false testimony, FBI, Fly Manning, lynching, May 2018, Mississippi, Mississippi Constitution, racism, social media, stay of execution, trauma, US constitution, US Department of Justice, USA, vigil, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
“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
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Civil Rights Movement, classism, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, Jim Crow, lynchings, March 2018, Michael West, Mississippi, racism, Radley Balko, Steven Hayne, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South, Tucker Carrington, USA, When Death Row Speaks, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, judges, judicial misconduct, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination, stacked jury, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African Americans, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, Judge Lee Howard, judicial misconduct, juror strikes, Justice King, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, prosecutorial misconduct, racial discrimination, racism, September 2017, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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
Posted in capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, torture, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2017, capital punishment, Clive Stafford Smith, control, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, post-conviction defense lawyer, racism, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, NAACP, Oktibbeha County, racism, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African Americans, America, capital punishment, death penalty, Douglas Conner, Fly Manning, Injustice, Judge Lee Howard, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, NAACP, November 2016, Oktibbeha County Court, racism, The Reflector, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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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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Shadows from the Confederate Flag
The race war craved by Dylann Roof has so far erupted only with words and petitions, not with violence. Roof, charged with shooting dead nine African American people in Charleston, South Carolina, faced their relatives last week; incredibly their words, spoken … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, Charleston shootings, confederate flag, Death Row, Dylann Roof, institutional racism, judiciary, Mississippi, racism, slavery, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African Americans, Charleston shootings, confederate flag, death penalty, Death Row, Declaration of Secession, Deep South, Dylann Roof, Fly Manning, institutional racism, judiciary, June 2015, Mississippi, racial conflict, racism, slavery, South Carolina, USA, white supremacy, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
