Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent over 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi, has died at the age of 56. His family confirmed that he passed away on Wednesday at his home in Mississippi, according to attorney Rob McDuff, who spoke to the Associated Press on Thursday. Flowers was tried six times for the 1996 murders of four people and faced execution before the US Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence.
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Curtis Flowers, wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies at 56
Curtis Flowers, who was wrongfully imprisoned for over 22 years and was on death row in Mississippi, has died at the age of 56. His family confirmed his death, which occurred at his home in Mississippi.
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