Two Men, Two Decades, No Evidence
The New York Times, February 16, 2021: Two Men, Two Decades, No Evidence
“Curtis Flowers’s day typically began around 4:30 a.m., when a prison guard slid a breakfast tray into his cell. The tray often included a biscuit, potatoes, oatmeal or grits — “a bunch of starch,” as Flowers said to me recently, with a quiet laugh.”
Additional reading:
Season 2 of the podcast In the Dark: “In this season, we investigate the case of Curtis Flowers, a Black man from Winona, Mississippi, who was tried six times for the same crime. Flowers spent more than 20 years fighting for his life while a white prosecutor spent that same time trying just as hard to execute him.”
60 Minutes, January 3, 2021: How Curtis Flowers, tried six times for the same crime, was saved from death row
NPR, September 5, 2020: After 6 Trials, Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Curtis Flowers
