Curtis Flowers, wrongfully convicted man who was on death row, dies at 56

Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man who spent 23 years in prison following six trials for the same crime, has died at the age of 56. Flowers was initially arrested for a 1996 quadruple murder at Tardy Furniture in Winona, Mississippi. Despite multiple convictions and death sentences, his cases were repeatedly overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct and racial discrimination in jury selection by District Attorney Doug Evans. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually overturned his final conviction in 2019, noting a history of excluding Black jurors. Flowers was released on bail in 2019 and all charges were dropped in 2020.

Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man who spent 23 years in prison following six trials for the same crime, has died at the age of 56. Flowers was initially arrested for a 1996 quadruple murder at Tardy Furniture in Winona, Mississippi. Despite multiple convictions and death sentences, his cases were repeatedly overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct and racial discrimination in jury selection by District Attorney Doug Evans. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually overturned his final conviction in 2019, noting a history of excluding Black jurors. Flowers was released on bail in 2019 and all charges were dropped in 2020.