Willie Manning awaits his execution. Can new evidence halt it?
27-08-2026 12:00 via mississippitoday.org

Willie Manning awaits his execution. Can new evidence halt it?

STARKVILLE — The case against Willie Manning hangs on a restroom token. It is the link authorities made between a burglary and the killings of two Mississippi State University students, putting him on death row at age 26.Two weeks before Christmas in 1992, deputies shone flashlights on a dark remote road until they saw something bright — a token between two puddles of blood. Court records show that within 24 hours, they concluded the brass token, about the size of a quarter, was sto
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