Curtis Flowers Dies After 22 Years
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No cause of death was given, said McDuff, who was part of Flowers' legal team.
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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 U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died.
Flowers' family confirmed that he died Wednesday at his home in Mississippi, attorney Rob McDuff told The Associated Press Thursday.
Flowers was 26 when he was arrested several months after the July 1996 shooting deaths of four people inside a Winona, Mississippi, furniture store.
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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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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There were 11 white jurors and one Black juror who considered the case after District Attorney Doug Evans struck five Black prospective jurors.
Flowers remained in prison for six months after the Supreme Court ruling because he was still under indictment.
“Today, I am finally free from the injustice that left me locked in a box for nearly twenty three years,” Flowers said in a statement.
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- 8 Oct
No cause of death was given, said McDuff, who was part of Flowers' legal team.
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8 Oct Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56
The Guardian
8 Oct Curtis Flowers, Mississippi man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies at age 56
New York Post- 8 Oct Curtis Flowers, Black man whose conviction was thrown out after 22 years in U.S. prison, dead at 56
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8 Oct Curtis Flowers, wrongfully convicted man who was on death row, dies at 56
CBS News
8 Oct Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi
The Independent
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