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- A Terrible Old Rule September 20, 2017
- A Clear Pattern of Racial Discrimination September 5, 2017
- Courts’ Complicity August 23, 2017
- A Method of Control August 10, 2017
- Legal Challenges to Execution Methods July 25, 2017
- Frank Parker: Snitch Testimony July 8, 2017
- Home Page Referenced June 23, 2017
- Happy 49th Birthday! June 12, 2017
- Epps’ Last Chapter May 29, 2017
- The USA: A Shameful Record May 13, 2017
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Tag Archives: wrongful convictions
The Significance of Absent Witnesses
In the early hours of the December 11, 1992, two Mississippi State University students were murdered. Willie Manning said he was at the 2500 Club that night. As the prosecutor himself pointed out, if Willie was at that club, he … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, defense attorneys, Fly Manning, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2500 Club, alibi, capital punishment, credible witnesses, death penalty, Doug Miller, Fly Manning, ineffective counsel, innocence, March 2017, miscarriage of justice, Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Sherron Armstead Mitchell, Troylin Jones, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witnesses, wrongful convictions
Repressive Social and Racial Control
Two years ago the Mississippi Supreme Court overturned the two murder convictions in Willie Manning’s second case, saying: “[T]he State violated his due-process rights when it failed to provide favorable, material evidence, upon request.” Willie was fortunate. If exculpatory police canvass … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Mississippi, racial control, social control, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, electric chair, electrocution, executions, February 2017, firing squad, Fly Manning, Holly Travis, House Bill 638, Injustice, Jen Marlowe, Jim Craig, lethal injections, Mississippi, nitrogen hypoxia, racial control, social control, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Incarcerated by Fellow Citizens
Those on death row suffer unimaginable torture; the inmates who have been wrongly convicted do so even more. Like kidnap victims, those with wrongful convictions have been seized and held against their will; but, unlike kidnap victims, they are not … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Mississippi, post traumatic stress disorder, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, February 2017, Florida, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Ireland, meditation, Mississippi, Peter Pringle, post traumatic stress disorder, Professor Gordon Turnbull, Sunny Jacobs, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions, yoga
A Good Start to 2017
On death row any good news can raise the spirits. As 2017 begins, Willie Manning must be happy to know that a fellow inmate, Charles Crawford, has been allowed to challenge Mississippi’s plan to use compounded drugs, specifically midazolam, for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, Charles Crawford, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, lethal injection drugs, midazolam, Mississippi, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged 2017, capital punishment, Charles Crawford, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, January 2017, lethal injection drugs, lethal injections, midazolam, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Tucker Carrington, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
The Man in the Orange Jumpsuit
Willie Manning’s name appears as number 153 on the list of death row exonerations published by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC); but because of another, unrelated capital conviction he is still behind bars on Mississippi’s death row. He remains “the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, Alabama, Alfred Dewayne Brown, Anthony Ray Hinton, capital punishment, coercion, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, Death Row, exonerees, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, November 2016, official misconduct, suppressed evidence, Texas, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
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
Willie’s Birthday: Another Year Endured
June 12, 2016, will mark Willie Jerome Manning’s 48th birthday. He has been held in a tiny cell on Mississippi’s death row since he was a young man of 26. It is difficult to imagine anyone more worthy of receiving … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, USA, Willie Manning
Tagged African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, exonerations, Fly Manning, Injustice, June 2016, lockdowns, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman, prison, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Nobody’s that Stupid
For the second time, the Mississippi Supreme Court has asked for an update on the progress of Willie Manning’s remaining case. So far there has been no response from Willie’s lawyer or the Attorney General’s office. We should, anyway, be … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishmant, criminal justice, death peanlty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, April 2016, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, Fly Manning, incentivized witnesses, Injustice, innocence, Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Sheriff Dolph Bryan, The Truth Machine: the Contentious History of DNA Fingerprinting, USA, Vincent Hill, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions
Why was there no Blood?
A radio blog recorded on the eve of Willie Jerome Manning’s scheduled execution in May, 2013, is illuminating: a private investigator and former policeman re-examines the evidence in Willie’s 1992 case, finding many omissions and inconsistencies.* The investigator on the … Continue reading
Posted in African American, capital punishmant, criminal justice, death penalty, Fly Manning, law enforcement, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, police, USA, Willie Jerome Manning Mississippi Death Row, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions
Tagged African American, Blog Talk Radio, capital punishment, death penalty, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, law enforcement, March 2016, miscarriages of justice, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, police, police investigations, The Other Side of Justice, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, witness testimony, wrongful convictions
