Curtis Flowers | 60 Minutes Archive
Summary
Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Mississippi who was wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 years, died at age 56. He was tried six times for the same crime by the same prosecutor and was eventually wrongfully convicted despite a lack of evidence connecting him to the murders.Key Facts
- Curtis Flowers was accused of killing four people in 1996.
- He had no prior criminal record at the time of his arrest.
- There was no murder weapon found linked to him.
- No DNA or fingerprints connected Flowers to the crime.
- Flowers was tried six times for the same case by the same prosecutor.
- His wrongful conviction was highlighted in a 60 Minutes report in 2021.
- Flowers spent more than 20 years in prison before this news of his death.
- He passed away at the age of 56.
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