Willie Manning Execution Date Decision Delayed Amid DNA Testing Push
The Mississippi Supreme Court delayed a decision on an execution date for Willie Manning as his attorneys argue DNA testing could prove his innocence.
The Mississippi Supreme Court delayed a decision on an execution date for Willie Manning as his attorneys argue DNA testing could prove his innocence.
A key witness’ retraction and DNA evidence could prove Willie Jerome Manning’s innocence in a 1992 double murder, his defense team is arguing—even as Mississippi
Democratic attorney general candidate Greta Kemp Martin says Mississippi needs a “conviction integrity unit” to uncover possible wrongful convictions.
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley drew sharp contrasts over their views on policies to help rural hospitals and cut taxes while trading blows over accusations of corruption during the only debate of the campaign Wednesday night.
The Black family of Harry Mitchell, murdered in Lafayette County, Mississippi, in 1991 wants justice after decades of being ignored.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba’s decision to hire Steve Hutton, who pleaded guilty to charges of promoting prostitution in 2021, as the City’s new interim director of parks and recreation is drawing criticism in Mississippi’s capital.
Three national pathologists say Mississippi’s chief medical examiner should have labeled the cause of death as homicide for Damien Cameron, a Black Braxton, Miss., resident whose mother alleges that two white Rankin County deputies knelt on his back for over 20 minutes, causing his death in July 2021.
Jonathan Odell writes that HGTV home-rehabilitation show “Home Town” sweeps Laurel’s racist past and gentrified present under the rug.
Six former Rankin County, Miss., officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday in Rankin County Circuit Court in connection with the sexual assault and beating of Eddie Terrell Parker and Michael Jenkins.
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