Entries tagged with “Willie Manning”
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Dec 07, 2023
Mississippi Supreme Court Delays Decision on Willie Manning Execution Date, Allows Time for Appeal
Courtesy of Krissy Nobile, Mr. Manning’s…
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Jul 15, 2022
Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Additional DNA Testing to Death-Row Prisoner
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied additional DNA testing to death-row prisoner Willie Manning (pictured). Manning, who was sentenced to death in Oktibbeha County in 1994 and in 1996 for two separate crimes, has maintained his innocence of both crimes. He was exonerated of the 1996 conviction in 2015 after police and prosecutors unlawfully withheld exculpatory evidence…
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May 04, 2015
Charges Dropped Against Willie Manning; Becomes 153rd Death Row Exoneree
On April 21, 2015, Oktibbeha County (Mississippi) District Attorney Forrest Allgood announced that he would drop charges against death row inmate Willie…
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Jul 18, 2013
FBI To Examine 27 Death Penalty Cases For Potentially Inaccurate Testimony
A Federal Bureau of Investigation review of more than 21,000 cases has revealed 27 death penalty cases in which the FBI’s forensic experts may have exaggerated the scientific conclusions that could be drawn from their testimony, mistakenly linking defendants to crimes they may not have committed. It is possible that some of these cases involve inmates who have already been executed. Under particular scrutiny is testimony regarding hair…
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New Voices
,Jun 11, 2013
OP-ED: “DNA: A Test for Justice”
In a recent op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, former FBI Director William Sessions (pictured) underscored the importance of reliable FBI forensic analysis in convicting the guilty and exonerating the innocent. Sessions provided the example of Willie Jerome Manning, who received a last-minute stay of execution in Mississippi in order to allow time to conduct testing on DNA evidence that could exonerate him. Manning was convicted in…