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Curtis Flowers dies at 56 after landmark Supreme Court case

Curtis Flowers jury discrimination wrongful imprisonment Supreme Court Mississippi

Curtis Flowers, the Mississippi man whose legal battles became a landmark case regarding jury discrimination, has died at age 56. His family confirmed his death occurred Wednesday at his home in Winona, Mississippi.

Flowers spent more than 22 years in prison after being arrested in connection with the 1996 shooting deaths of four people at a furniture store. He was subjected to six separate trials for the same crime. In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence in a 7–2 decision, ruling that prosecutors had unconstitutionally excluded Black prospective jurors from his trials.

Following the Supreme Court ruling, Flowers was released on bond in December 2019, and Mississippi prosecutors dismissed all charges against him in September 2020. In 2021, he was awarded $500,000 under state wrongful-imprisonment compensation laws. A cause of death has not yet been released, and local authorities are investigating.

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Curtis Flowers · Doug Evans · Mississippi · Supreme Court of the United States · Winona

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Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [themorninghustle.com]
Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [classixphilly.com]
Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [wolbbaltimore.com]
Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [thebeatdfw.com]
Curtis Flowers, man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi - SuperTalk Mississippi [www.supertalk.fm]
Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [krnb.com]
Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [woldcnews.com]
Curtis Flowers, Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned, Dies At 56 [wzakcleveland.com]
Curtis Flowers Dies at 56 After Landmark Supreme Court Jury-Bias Case [aframnews.com]