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A Bitter Blow

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The Glossip v. Gross ruling is a bitter blow for death penalty opponents. A deeply divided and acrimonious US Supreme Court ruled 5:4 last week that: “Because the death penalty is constitutional there must be a constitutional way of carrying it out.” … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Glossip v. Gross, innocence, Justice Scalia, Mississippi, SCOTUS, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Fly Manning, Glossip v. Gross, Ian Millhiser, innocence, John Stinneford, July 2015, Justice Scalia, lethal injections, Michael Radelet, midazolam, Mississippi, Richard Glossip, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Shadows from the Confederate Flag

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Justice for Willie

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 | Leave a comment

DNA Testing: Semen Found

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The results of preliminary DNA testing in Willie Manning’s Steckler-Miller case were made public yesterday. The results, given in a letter from a Senior Forensic DNA Analyst at the Cellmark Forensics Dallas Lab, are as follows: Rape kit Three swabs were tested … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishmant, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, forensic testing, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, fingerprint matching, Fly Manning, forensic analysis, forensic testing, June 2015, Mississippi, Mississippi Crime Lab, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | 1 Comment

A Real Exoneration

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Justice for Willie

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 | Leave a comment

Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Justice for Willie

On the same day that Willie Manning was exonerated in his 1993 case (April 20, 2015) the FBI published a report relevant to his 1992 case. The report confirms the gist of Flawed Forensics, last year’s Al Jazeera program featuring Willie, that … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, exonerations, flawed forensic hair testimony, Fly Manning, Innocent, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged African American, ballistics testimony, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exoneration, FBI, flawed forensic testimony, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Innocence Project, May 2015, Mississippi, Peter Neufield, Robert Dunham, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Facing Execution

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Exactly two years ago today, on May 7 2013, Willie Manning faced execution. His younger brother, Marshon, must be remembering the turmoil of that day. Interviewed by Joe Berlinger for an Al Jazeera America program in 2014, he describes the … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, executions, flawed forensics, human rights abuse, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, torture, USA, victims, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2015, Al Jazeera America, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, executions, fingerprint comparison, flawed forensics, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, human rights violation, May 2015, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, prosecutorial misconduct, torture, USA, victims, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | Leave a comment

Doubt Cast on Officials’ Integrity

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Justice for Willie

At last Willie Manning has only one death penalty case to fight! On Monday, April 20 2015, a Mississippi judge signed an Order of Nolle Prosequi (not wanting to prosecute) for Willie’s Brookville Garden case involving the murders of two elderly … Continue reading →

Posted in Brookville Gardens murders, capital murder, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, snitch testimony, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2015, African American, April 2015, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, exoneration, Fly Manning, Forrest Allgood, Kevin Lucious, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, Police Captain Lindley, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, recanted testimony, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, snitch testimony, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | 3 Comments

Willie’s Suffering – a Central Election Issue

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Rick Halperin was far from circumspect about capital punishment when he spoke on a United Nations panel last week (see video at 19.00). He condemned the death penalty as ‘state sponsored revenge’, ‘physical and psychological terror and torture’, and a symptom … Continue reading →

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A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Mississippi’s Attorney General, Jim Hood, who was so vociferously in favour of Willie Jerome Manning’s execution two years ago, is embroiled in a battle to suppress the identity of people involved in executions and of those providing drugs for lethal … Continue reading →

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Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Two years ago this month, in March 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States declined Willie Jerome Manning’s request for a review of his 1992 case involving two students. Things then moved quickly for a few weeks, during which … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, Injustice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2015, African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, human rights abuses, Injustice, March 2015, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: USA

A Bitter Blow

Shadows from the Confederate Flag

DNA Testing: Semen Found

A Real Exoneration

Wrongly Convicted in Two Different Trials

Facing Execution

Doubt Cast on Officials’ Integrity

Willie’s Suffering – a Central Election Issue

A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

Forensic Evidence: Slow Progress

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