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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Willie Manning case: Why this case tells us why the death penalty does not work, why it will never work, and "why we need to put the breaks on it now." A commentary by David A. Love, published by "The Grio" on the date Willie Manning is to be executed unless the court's or Governor Phil Bryant intervene. (Must Read. HL).


COMMENTARY: "The Willie Manning case highlights why the death penalty must end," by David A. Love, published by The Grio on May 7, 2013. David A. Love is the Executive Director of Witness to Innocence, a national nonprofit organization that empowers exonerated death row prisoners and their family members to become effective leaders in the movement to abolish the death penalty. Wikipedia informs us that "the Grio"  is an American website with news and video content geared particularly toward African Americans, and was launched in June 2009 as a division of NBC News.[It was founded by the team who created the documentary film Meeting David Wilson."

GIST:  "Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning tonight.  Manning, who is black, was convicted in 1992 of abducting and killing two white college students and sentenced to death.  He wants to prove his innocence through DNA testing, but the courts won’t allow him. This case tells you much of what you need to know about the death penalty in America, why it does not work, why it never will work, and why we need to put the brakes on it now......... On April 25, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Manning’s conviction in a close 5-4 decision, and denied his requests for DNA testing.  “Our examination anew of the record reveals that conclusive, overwhelming evidence of guilt was presented to the jury,” wrote Presiding Justice Michael K. Randolph for the majority. Justice James W. Kitchens, one of the four dissenting judges, wrote that “The victims’ families and the public at large deserve to know whether another, or an additional perpetrator was involved. If such a person can be identified, he or she should be prosecuted. Further examination of the fingerprints and biological evidence in this case could help achieve that end and/or significantly reinforce the basis for Manning’s conviction.” Justice Kitchens added, “Interests far beyond Manning’s are at stake, and whatever the potential harm the denial seeks to assert is surely outweighed by the benefits of ensuring justice by the scientific analysis of all of the trace evidence that the authorities were able to collect from on or about the victims’ bodies. Unless and until that is done, the investigation of these horrible crimes will remain incomplete.”

http://thegrio.com/2013/05/07/the-willie-manning-case-highlights-why-the-death-penalty-must-end/


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Posted by Harold Levy at Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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Two Blogs Now: The Charles Smith Blog; The Selfless Warriors Blog: I created the Charles Smith Blog in 2007 after I retired from The Toronto Star to permit me to keep digging into the story of the flawed pathologist and the harm he had done to so many innocent parents and caregivers, and to Ontario’s criminal justice system. Since then it has taken new directions, including examinations of other flawed pathologists, flawed pathology, and flawed science and technology which has marred the quality of justice in courtrooms around the world. The heart of the Blog is my approach to following cases which raise issues in all of these areas - especially those involving the death penalty. I have dedicated 'The Selfless Warrior Blog’ (soon to appear) to those exceptional individuals who have been ripped out of their ordinary lives by their inability to stand by in the face of a glaring miscarriage of justice. They are my ’Selfless Warriors.’ Enjoy!
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