dropped quadruple murder charges against Curtis Flowers, a Black man who had been tried six times by a white prosecutor for the 1996 crime.Flowers had been charged with a quadruple murder at Tardy Furniture Store in Winona, Miss.
in July 1996 and spent 23 years behind bars while the case was tried six times. In the most recent trial, the United States Supreme Court overturned Flowers’ conviction after determining Fifth Circuit District Attorney Doug Evans racially profiled jury members during the selection process.
According to the New York Times, 61 of the 72 jurors Flowers faced in his six trials were white.Flowers was allowed to leave prison and return to his family on bond in December 2019 after nearly two decades in prison.Also Read: H.
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