The Mississippi Supreme Court has rejected a request for a new hearing by Willie Jerome Manning, a man on death row for the 1992 murders of two Mississippi State University students. The court's majority ruled that Manning 'has had his days in court,' despite claims of newly discovered evidence and witness recantations.
FILE - This April 2, 2019, booking photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning . The court’s majority wrote in a 5-4 ruling Monday that Manning “has had his days in court.” Dissenting justices wrote that a trial court should hold a hearing about a witness who wants to recant his testimony against Manning, 56, who has spent more than half his life in prison.
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.Mississippi House panel starts study that could lead to tax cuts
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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