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Tag Archives: US Supreme Court
Grounds for Optimism
2019 is drawing to a close on an optimistic note! Willie Manning’s fellow death row inmate, Curtis Flowers, has finally been granted freedom (on bail) after being subjected to six trials during nearly two decades. The improper prosecutor strikes for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, Mississippi, racism, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2019, black jurors, capital punishment, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, Death Row, December 2019, DNA testing, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, hair evidence, juror strikes, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Manning
Racially Motivated Manipulation
Curtis Flowers is an African American man incarcerated alongside Willie Manning on Mississippi’s death row. The way the legal system has operated in Flowers’ case has been described as “nothing more than one human being tormenting another because he can.” … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, jurors, prosecutor misconduct, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, black jurors, capital punishment, criminal justice, Curtis Flowers, death penalty, Doug Evans, Fly Manning, July 2019, juror strikes, jurors, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, racial discrimination, skepticism, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Winona
The US Supreme Court’s Exceptional Barbarity
While we were celebrating the resumption of DNA testing for Willie Manning, the US Supreme Court was shunting the American death penalty into new, shocking levels of brutality. The opinion is described by various legal analysts as “bloodthirsty and cruel”, … Continue reading
Posted in Bucklew v. Precythe, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty unconstitutionality, executions, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Bucklew v. Precythe, capital punishment, death penalty, Eighth Amendment, executions, Fly Manning, Garrett Epps, intellectual disability, juveniles, lethal injection drugs, Matt Ford, May 2019, Missouri, nitrogen hypoxia, Russell Bucklew, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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
The USA: A Shameful Record
The USA has a poor reputation when it comes to executions. A report* by Amnesty International found the following: -Most UN member states were execution-free last year;** but the USA continued to execute. -The USA was the only one of … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, revenge, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged Amnesty International, Arkansas, capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, intellectual disabilities, intimidation, Japan, Ledell Lee, lethal injection chemicals, May 2017, Mississippi, Organization of American States, United Nations, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Premeditated Attempted Murder
Willie Manning’s prosecutor, Forrest Allgood, was implicated by a recanting witness (Kevin Lucious) in Willie’s 1993 case: “Luscious said District Attorney Forrest Allgood… told Luscious that he would not charge him with capital murder if he cooperated.” And in Willie’s … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, death penalty abuse, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Injustice, Jim Williams, John Thompson, July 2016, Louisiana, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Three Setbacks and a Death
US Supreme Court Justice Scalia, who died last week at a luxury ranch in Texas, would have welcomed three recent setbacks for death penalty opponents in the administration of the death penalty in Mississippi. Last year, Justice Scalia joined the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, death peanlty, executions, Fly Manning, Justice Scalia, lethal injection drugs, Mississippi, secrecy, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged Attorney General jim Hood, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, execution methods, executions, February 2016, Fifth Circuit, Fly Manning, Gl, Glossip et al. v. Gross et al., Justice Scalia, lethal injection drugs, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi Senate Bill 2237/2016, SCOTUS, secrecy, US Supreme Court, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
US Supreme Court: Faulty Analysis of Willie’s Cases
Death penalty supporters disappointed by last month’s US Supreme Court ruling are finding hope for the future in the dissents to the ruling, supported by four of the nine justices. Justice Breyer’s dissent is particularly comprehensive: “I would ask for full … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Glossip v. Gross, Justice Breyer, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, SCOTUS, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, DNA testing, FBI flawed hair testimony, Fly Manning, Glossip v. Gross, Jimmerson-Jordan murders, July 2015, Justice Breyer, Justice Breyer's dissent, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, SCOTUS, Steckler-Miller murders, US Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
