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Curtis Flowers, a Black man wrongfully imprisoned for over 22 years after being convicted in the deaths of four people in Mississippi, died at age 56. He was arrested in connection to the July 1996 shootings and went through six trials; his death sentence was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2019 due to racial discrimination in jury selection. Flowers was released from prison in December 2019 but remained under indictment until September 2020 when charges were dropped, shortly before his death on Wednesday at his home.
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Curtis Flowers, a Black man wrongfully convicted six times for the 1996 murders of four people in a furniture store in Winona, Mississippi, died at age 56 on Wednesday. His family confirmed his death, and no cause was specified by attorney Rob McDuff, who was part of Flowers' legal team. Prosecutors initially described him as seeking revenge against the store’s owner after being fired and having wages withheld for damaged merchandise; nearly $300 was also missing post-killings. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence in 2019, highlighting racial bias in jury selection.
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Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the US supreme court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died.
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court → spend → conviction
Flowers’ family confirmed that he died on Wednesday at his home in Mississippi, attorney Rob McDuff told the Associated Press on Thursday.
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McDuff → confirm → Thursday
No cause of death was given, said McDuff, who was part of Flowers’ legal team.
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who → give → team
Flowers was 26 when he was arrested several months after the July 1996 shooting deaths of four people inside a furniture store in Winona, Mississippi.
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he → arrest → Winona
At the time, prosecutors described him as a disgruntled former employee who sought revenge against the store’s owner because she fired him and withheld most of his pay to cover the cost of merchandise he damaged.
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he → describe → merchandise
Nearly $300 was found missing after the killings.
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300 → find → killings
Flowers was tried in the killings six times.
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Flowers → try → killings
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the high court’s 7-2 decision in 2019 that the removal of Black prospective jurors deprived Flowers of a fair trial.
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removal → write → trial
During the sixth trial in 2010, Flowers was sentenced to death.
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Flowers → sentence → death
There were 11 white jurors and one Black juror who considered the case after district attorney Doug Evans struck five Black prospective jurors.
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Evans → be → jurors
Flowers remained in prison for six months after the supreme court ruling because he was still under indictment.
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he → remain → indictment
He finally was released in December 2019 after a judge set bond.
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judge → release → bond
Mississippi dropped charges against Flowers in September 2020.
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Mississippi → drop → September
“Today, I am finally free from the injustice that left me locked in a box for nearly 23 years,” Flowers said in a statement.
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Flowers → leave → statement
“I’ve been asked if I ever thought this day would come.
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day → ask → ?
I have been blessed with a family that never gave up on me and with them by my side, I knew it would.”
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it → bless → side
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