Explained: Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi

Curtis Flowers died Wednesday at his home in Mississippi at age 56

death row

the section of a prison holding inmates sentenced to execution

indictment

a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

exoneration

official clearing of someone from blame or guilt after a wrongful conviction

wrongful imprisonment law

a state law allowing compensation to people wrongly imprisoned, capped at $50,000 per year for up to 10 years