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Tag Archives: Starkville
DNA Testing: Dates to be Set
A court has insisted that testing of DNA evidence for Willie Manning’s remaining case cannot be deferred indefinitely. The Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County yesterday ordered that the prosecution and defense must “set final dates for the testing of the DNA … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA evidence, DNA testing, Fly Manning, January 2019, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, post-conviction cases, Starkville, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
The Significance of John Wise’s Car*
When Willie Manning was first indicted for the murders of two students, he was charged with kidnaping as well; the prosecutors later abandoned the kidnaping charge and substituted robbery. Both kidnaping and robbery allowed them to seek the death penalty … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, fingerprint comparison, John Wise, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged burglary, Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County, fingerprint analysis, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, forensics, Injustice, John Wise, John Wise's car, Jon Steckler, kidnaping, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, November 2018, robbery, Starkville, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie 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
Without Logic or Fairness
Even in a case with as many anomalies as Willie Manning’s, the reason for making him a murder suspect in the first place is particularly troubling.* Four months after students Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler were murdered, a silver monogrammed … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Mississippi, police, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, John Wise, Jon Steckler, Mississippi, October 2017, police investigation, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, Starkville, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, 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
Home Page Referenced
The home page of this website has been updated to include references. The serious issues that Willie Manning wishes to raise in the Steckler-Miller case (in a section entitled Issues with this Case) are now referenced. You can click on … Continue reading
Posted in African American, America, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Jon Steckler, June 2017, Justice for WIllie Manning, justice4willie.com, legal dockets, Mississippi, Starkville, State of Mississippi Judiciary website, Tiffany Miller, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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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“Willie wouldn’t bust a grape.”
Today Willie Jerome Manning is 48. This is his 23rd birthday on death row. When Willie was a child there was little money to celebrate birthdays. A childhood friend of his family, David Skato, recalls the ‘poverty stricken’ community where they … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death peanlty, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital defense attorneys, capital murder, character witnesses, David Skato, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, June 2016, Mary Prater, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville, The Other Side of Justice, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
A New Trial for Willie Manning!
The anxious wait is over: on Thursday Willie Jerome Manning was granted a new trial for his case involving the 1993 murder of two elderly African American ladies, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan (the Brookville Garden murders). The Mississippi Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in American justice, Brookville Garden murders, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Fly Manning, incentivized witness testimony, Injustice, jailhouse snitch, law enforcement USA, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, perjured testimony, police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, suppressed evidence, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness pressured, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, Brady violation, Brookville Garden murders, capital murder, conviction reversed, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, February 2015, Fly Manning, Injustice, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, new trial, Oktibbeha County Justice Court, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, recanted testimony, Starkville, Troy Davis, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
