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Tag Archives: Willie Fly Manning
Willie’s Family
Willie Manning’s daughter turned 3 years old soon after he entered death row; she is now 27. Willie has thus been absent for most of his daughter’s childhood and adolescence, and for much of her twenties; he has been unable … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, December 2018, Fly Manning, holiday season, innocence, Mississippi, prisoners' families, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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Willie’s DNA Profile Requested
Today it is exactly two years – 730 long days – since a mandate from the Mississippi Supreme Court allowed Willie Manning to pursue his request for DNA testing and fingerprint comparison. For Willie the two years must have seemed interminable. … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA profiling, DNA testing, Fly Manning, Mississippi, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, August 2015, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA profiling, DNA testing, forensic evidence, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Supreme Court, torture, trauma, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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False Testimony Amplified
The issue of forensic hair testimony in Willie’s remaining case was clarified last month by D.H. Kaye in three posts on his blog, Forensic Science, Statistics & the Law (see here, here and here). Kaye discussed the errors made by the … Continue reading
Posted in Fly Manning, forensic testimony, Injustice, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, American justice, August 2015, D H Kaye, FBI ballistics testimony, FBI hair testimony review, flawed forensic testimony, Fly Manning, hair testimony, Injustice, junk science, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, prosecutor misconduct, Robert Dunham, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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Lethal Deadlines
Question: When does a deadline become a ‘dead’ line? Answer: When the deadline in question is the crucial one that allows death row inmates to appeal their state convictions in federal courts. If defense attorneys miss this deadline it can … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, legal bias, Lori St John, Marshall Project, miscarriages of justice, missed deadline, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, post conviction lawyers, post conviction review, procedural default, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, appeals, capital punishment USA, death penalty, Death Row, Federal Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Fly Manning, Gregory Scott Johnson, Injustice, legal bias, legal deadlines, Marshall Project, missed deadlines, Mississippi, November 2014, Washington Post, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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Death Row Inmates: Diminished Culpability
Willie Jerome Manning is yet again waiting for developments in both his cases. As he waits, he is in close proximity to his fellow inmates, and may well be aware of many who are extremely vulnerable. A study published in June, … Continue reading
Posted in capital litigation, capital murder, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty abuse, death penalty constitutionality, Death Row, death row intellectual disabiliy, death row mental health, diminished culpability, Fly Manning, Injustice, mental illness USA, Mississippi, The Failure of Mitigation, US Supreme Court, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2014, August 2014, capital murder, childhood trauma, criminal justice system USA, death penalty, Death Row, diminished culpability, Edwin Hart Turner, Fly Manning, Injustice, intellectual disability, mental illness, Mississippi, Robert J. Smith, Sophie Cull, The Failure of Mitigation, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Zoë Robinson
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New Google Translate Button
The justice4willie website can now be translated from English into 81 languages, using the Google Translate button (low down in the right hand column of the home page of justice4willie). This feature will be increasingly useful as visitors from more … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital murder, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, death row injustice mississippi, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
Tagged 2014, African American, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, criminal justice system USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Google Translate, Injustice, Innocent, July 2014, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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FBI Hair Analysis: Favoring the Prosecution
‘Flawed Forensics’, episode 3 of the Al Jazeera America series, ‘The System’, is about what is termed ‘an FBI scandal of manipulated forensic evidence that may have led to thousands of wrongful convictions over the past three decades’. We hear from … Continue reading
Posted in Al Jazeera, American justice, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, FBI hair review, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, forensics, hair testimony, Injustice, junk science, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, Al Jazeera America The System, death penalty, DNA testing, FBI hair analysis, Fly Manning, forensics, Fred Whitehurst, hair testimony, Injustice, John Huffington, Joseph Diginova, June 2014, Michael Bromwich, microscopic hair analysis, Mississippi, prosecutorial misconduct, Ryan Malone, United States Department of Justice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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Recent Developments in Both Cases
In April and May 2014 there have been developments in both of Willie Jerome Manning’s cases. In Willie’s 1992 case involving the murders of two students, evidence was found in April during searches at seven locations: the Oktibbeha County Circuit … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital defense attorneys, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice USA, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, Exculpatory evidence, Fly Manning, incentivized witnesses, Ineffective trial attorneys, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, perjured testimony, prosecutorial misconduct, recanting witness, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital murder, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan, Exculpatory evidence, Fly Manning, incentivized witness testimony, Ineffective trial attorneys, Injustice, May 2014, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, prosecutor misconduct, State misconduct, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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Mississippi, we have a problem.
The Michelle Byrom case is starting to raise serious questions in Mississippi. Although Michelle was eventually – and unusually – granted a new trial, she also came very close to being executed. Amazingly, her conviction was for hiring as a … Continue reading
Posted in African American, American justice, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi corruption, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi Supreme Court, moratorium on death penalty, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, April 2014, capital murder, capital punishment USA, corruption, death penalty, death penalty injustice, death penalty moratorium, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Michelle Byrom, Mississippi, Mississippi courts, Mississippi police, Mississippi prosecutors, racism USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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Further Developments in Both Cases
Willie Jerome Manning has won the right to searches for evidence relating to his 1992 case involving two students. On March 6, 2014 the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court sent out seven orders, requiring ‘diligent’ searches to be made for all evidence related … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Brookville Garden murders, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, fingerprint comparison, Fly Manning, forensics, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, murders, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, police usa, post-conviction DNA evidence, racism, USA injustice, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2014, African American, Brookville Garden murders, capital murder, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, FBI, Fly Manning, forensic evidence, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, March 2014, Mississippi, Mississippi police, Oktibbeha County, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, racism USA, Starkville, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning
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