Willie Manning: Dov Fox on how a failure to act in time could result in the execution of an innocent man: Must Read; HL. (Especially for Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and his Attorney General, Jim Hood.)

PUBLISHER'S VIEW:  (EDITORIAL).  The FBI admission that its laboratory hair analysis reports and related testimony are flawed  cannot be ignored by the Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant as every second brings Willie Manning closer to execution. The FBI's agreement to do  further testing may provide certainty in a case which, as the Justice for Willie web-site points out has been tainted in many other ways.  The message to Governor Bryant and Attorney General Jim Hood  is that no civilized state can rush Willie Manning to death in these circumstances.  All eyes are on Missississipi.

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.

COMMENTARY: "DNA forensic error and the execution of innocents," by Dov Fox, published by the Huffington Post on May 4, 2013.  Dov Fox is an Academic Fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center.

GIST:  "Now federal officials have for the first time ever acknowledged such errors in the FBI's forensic analysis -- errors that cut to the heart of the capital case against Willie Jerome Manning, for which he is sentenced to die on Tuesday. With the Justice Department's unprecedented admission, the Mississippi governor must stay Manning's pending execution and the state courts must forbid law enforcement from destroying retestable DNA evidence that could exonerate him. The stakes are high and urgent. Failure to act in time could result in the execution of an innocent man and would strike a grave blow to our criminal justice system."

The entire story can be found at:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dov-fox/dna-forensic-error-and-th_b_3215504.html

See another Must Read: Huffington Post published earlier today: "Willie Manning, Mississippi death row inmate, denied DNA test; Execution set for Tuesday," at:

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/05/willie-manning_n_3218624.html

See the informative supporter's site at:

http://justice4willie.com/

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The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:

http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith

Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html

Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.