A life in brief
Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi
Compiled Oct 8

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Curtis Flowers died Wednesday at his home in Mississippi at age 56
- July 1996Four people are shot and killed inside a Winona, Mississippi furniture store
- months laterCurtis Flowers, then 26, is arrested in connection with the killings
- 2010During his sixth trial, Flowers is sentenced to death by a jury of 11 white jurors and one Black juror
- 2019The U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 to throw out Flowers' conviction and death sentence
- December 2019Flowers is released after a judge sets bond
- September 2020Mississippi drops all charges against Flowers
“Today, I am finally free from the injustice that left me locked in a box for nearly twenty three years.”

