Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias
5 years, 1 month ago

Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias

Associated Press  

— A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was released from custody Monday for the first time in 22 years. At the bond hearing earlier Monday in the city of Winona, Circuit Judge Joseph Loper ordered Flowers to wear an electronic monitor while waiting for the district attorney’s office to decide whether to try him a seventh time or drop the charges. “Taking it one day at a time, keeping God first — that’s how I got through it.” When asked another question, Flowers sighed, smiled and tossed his hands in the air. “We laugh all the time on the phone.” Ghoston, of Grenada, Mississippi, said after her father’s release, they will take their first-ever photo together.

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Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials
2 years, 6 months ago

Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court has found that the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases. His exclusion of Black jurors in one high-profile murder case caused the Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June 2019, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh citing a “relentless, determined effort …

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