Curtis Flowers, Mississippi man wrongfully convicted after being tried for the same killings 6 times, dies at 56

TL;DR

Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Mississippi, died at 56 after being tried six times for the same murders.
He spent 23 years incarcerated, with his convictions repeatedly overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct and racial discrimination in jury selection.
The U.S. Supreme Court found that his constitutional rights were violated, leading to his release.
The murder weapon was never found, and there was no forensic evidence linking Flowers to the crime.
Reporters from the podcast "In the Dark" investigated the case, leading to recanted witness testimonies and the uncovering of the prosecutor's pattern of excluding Black jurors.

Continue reading the original article