Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56
Summary
Curtis Flowers, who was wrongly imprisoned for over 22 years and sentenced to death in Mississippi, has died at age 56. His conviction was overturned by the US Supreme Court because Black jurors were unfairly removed from his trial.Key Facts
- Curtis Flowers was arrested in 1996, accused of killing four people in a Mississippi furniture store.
- He was tried six times for the same case, facing a death sentence in his sixth trial.
- The US Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2019 due to racial bias in jury selection.
- The court found that prosecutors removed Black jurors unfairly, which denied Flowers a fair trial.
- Flowers was released from prison in December 2019 after charges were dropped in 2020.
- He died at his home in Mississippi on a Wednesday, though the cause of death was not given.
- Flowers said after his release that he felt free from the injustice and credited his family for support.
- His attorney, Rob McDuff, confirmed Flowers’ death to the media.
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