Bulletin: Willie Manning: Mississippi; Death row; Justice4Willie reports an encouraging development: The Oktibbeha County Court has issued an order requiring blood samples from the victim's in Willie's case to be sent to Cellmark Forensics, so that the victims’ DNA profiles can be established and compared to any profiles obtained from the submitted evidence sources..."In other words, things are moving. There is hope. And any little fragments of hope are enormously important when you are innocent on death row."

"Fortunately, on the same day that normality was restored to the death row cells in Mississippi State Penitentiary, the Oktibbeha County Court issued an order relating to Willie’s case. Although not greatly significant, this provides the reassurance that DNA testing is proceeding as it should. The order requires the Mississippi Crime Lab to provide samples of blood from the victims in Willie’s case. The samples are to be sent to Cellmark Forensics, “so that the victims’ DNA profiles can be established and compared to any profiles obtained from the submitted evidence sources.” In other words, things are moving. There is hope. And any little fragments of hope are enormously important when you are innocent on death row."
http://justice4willie.com/2015/07/30/willie-manning-death-row-mississippi-given-hope-in-terrible-prison-conditions/