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Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi

The case drew national attention after the Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection and Flowers was later freed.

  • Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man whose six trials became a landmark case regarding racial bias, died Wednesday at age 56. Montgomery County Coroner Allan Pratt confirmed the death is an "ongoing investigation."
  • Flowers spent nearly 23 years behind bars after Then-Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans prosecuted him six times for the 1996 murders of four people at Tardy Furniture in Winona, Mississippi.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Flowers' conviction in 2019, ruling Evans intentionally struck Black jurors. The American Public Media podcast "In the Dark" documented legal missteps, garnering more than 40 million downloads.
  • Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch dropped the charges in 2020, and Circuit Judge Joey Loper dismissed the case with prejudice. The state subsequently awarded Flowers $500,000 in wrongful-imprisonment compensation over 10 years.
  • Flowers' case remains a pivotal reference for racial bias in U.S. judicial jurisprudence. Coroner Pratt classified the death as an "ongoing investigation" as authorities examine the circumstances.
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Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S.

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