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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
22 |
Year Crime: |
1992 |
Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Mississippi |
County or Region of Crime: |
Oktibbeha |
City of Crime: |
Starkville |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Willie Jerome Manning |
Conviction Caused By: |
Erroneous expert hair analysis. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
24 |
Age When Released: |
46 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Why Does the State Still Want to Kill Willie Jerome Manning?, By R.L. Nave, Jackson Free Press (Jackson, Miss.), April 29, 2015" |
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http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/apr/29/why-does-state-still-want-kill-willie-jerome-manni/#_ |
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"State Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Manning, By R.L. Nave, Jackson Free Press (Jackson, Miss.), February 13, 2015" |
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http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/feb/13/state-supreme-court-orders-new-trial-death-row-pri/ |
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