Mississippi Prosecutor Who Excluded Black Jurors Resigns After 3 Decades
- Mississippi district attorney Doug Evans, known for excluding Black individuals from juries, is resigning six months before the end of his term.
- Evans gained notoriety for prosecuting Curtis Flowers, a Black man, six times for the shooting deaths of four people. His exclusion of Black jurors led to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Flowers' conviction in 2019.
- Flowers was released from prison six months later and the charges against him were dropped in September 2020. Evans' jury selection tactics were heavily criticized for their racial bias.
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Mississippi prosecutor who excluded Black jurors is resigning after more than 30 years
A white Mississippi district attorney has resigned after more than 30 years on the job, during which he prosecuted a Black man six times in the shooting deaths of four people and excluded Black people from juries in a practice that led the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the man’s conviction and death sentence.
Mississippi prosecutor who excluded Black jurors is resigning after more than 30 years
A white Mississippi district attorney whose practice of excluding Black people from juries caused the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a man’s conviction and death sentence is resigning after more
Mississippi prosecutor who excluded Black jurors is resigning after more than 30 years
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi district attorney whose practice of excluding Black people from juries caused the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a man’s conviction and death sentence is resigning after more than 30 years. Doug Evans is stepping down Friday. That’s six months before his term
Mississippi prosecutor who excluded Black jurors is resigning after more than 30 years
A white Mississippi district attorney whose practice of excluding Black people from juries caused the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a man’s conviction and death sentence is resigning after more than 30 years.
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