JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years after he was convicted of
FILE - This April 2, 2019, booking photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years after he was convicted of killing two college students.The court’s majority wrote in a 5-4 ruling Monday that Manning “has had his days in court.
Krissy Nobile, Manning’s attorney and director of the Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, said Tuesday that the justices’ majority ruling ignores “newly discovered evidence with the recantation of several key witnesses,” including one who said in a sworn statement that she was paid $17,500 for fraudulent testimony.
Chief Justice Michael Randolph wrote the majority opinion rejecting Manning’s request for a trial court hearing to determine whether witness Earl Jordan had lied. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled decades ago that when a witness recants testimony, “the defendant/petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the witness lied at trial or on his affidavit,” Kitchens wrote.The latest appeal was based partly on Jordan saying he wanted to recant his testimony that while he and Manning were jailed together in Oktibbeha County, Manning had confessed to killing Steckler and Miller.
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