CONVICTION OVERTURNED MS - Four people killed in Tardy Furniture shooting, Winona, 16 July 1996
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17-9572 Flowers v. Mississippi (06/21/2019)
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Who is Doug Evans, the Mississippi district attorney who tried Curtis Flowers six times?
June 21, 2019
"On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court scrutinized the past actions of one Mississippi district attorney and didn't appear to like what they saw.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito called the case of Curtis Flowers "troubling," with an "unusual and really disturbing history." He said District Attorney Doug Evans' past conduct left "reasons to be suspicious."
Starting in 1997, Evans has tried Flowers six times for the same crime — killing four people at Winona's Tardy Furniture store....
Who is Doug Evans? ..."
Who is Doug Evans, the Mississippi district attorney who tried Curtis Flowers six times?
June 21, 2019
"On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court scrutinized the past actions of one Mississippi district attorney and didn't appear to like what they saw.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito called the case of Curtis Flowers "troubling," with an "unusual and really disturbing history." He said District Attorney Doug Evans' past conduct left "reasons to be suspicious."
Starting in 1997, Evans has tried Flowers six times for the same crime — killing four people at Winona's Tardy Furniture store....
Who is Doug Evans? ..."
Who is Doug Evans, the Mississippi district attorney who tried Curtis Flowers six times?
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Curtis Flowers' conviction overturned: Family, lawyer elated. Widower of victim angry.
June 21, 2019
""How would you feel if it was your wife?"
That was Benny Rigby's response Friday after learning the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Curtis Giovanni Flowers.
Rigby's wife, Carmen, was one of four killed in 1996 when they were shot at Tardy Furniture Store in Winona, and Rigby has no doubt that Flowers killed his wife and the other victims.
"There is no justice," Rigby said. "If he was white, he would have been executed by now."
Flowers' oldest brother, Archie Flowers Jr. of Grenada, said his first reaction when he heard the news Friday was simple: "Thank God."
"But I think they should have let him go period," Archie Flowers said. "There is no doubt in our minds he is innocent and God proved that today."
He said his dad was overwhelmed with the news. They thought they would hear about a Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, but when that didn't happen, they were surprised with Friday's ruling.
Ray Charles Carter, one of Flowers' attorneys in his last trial in 2010, said Friday he is ecstatic that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Flowers' conviction and death sentence.
"I'm elated. I can't find the words," said Carter. "Hopefully he will get a fair trial this time."..."
Curtis Flowers' conviction overturned: Family, lawyer elated. Widower of victim angry.
June 21, 2019
""How would you feel if it was your wife?"
That was Benny Rigby's response Friday after learning the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Curtis Giovanni Flowers.
Rigby's wife, Carmen, was one of four killed in 1996 when they were shot at Tardy Furniture Store in Winona, and Rigby has no doubt that Flowers killed his wife and the other victims.
"There is no justice," Rigby said. "If he was white, he would have been executed by now."
Flowers' oldest brother, Archie Flowers Jr. of Grenada, said his first reaction when he heard the news Friday was simple: "Thank God."
"But I think they should have let him go period," Archie Flowers said. "There is no doubt in our minds he is innocent and God proved that today."
He said his dad was overwhelmed with the news. They thought they would hear about a Supreme Court ruling on Thursday, but when that didn't happen, they were surprised with Friday's ruling.
Ray Charles Carter, one of Flowers' attorneys in his last trial in 2010, said Friday he is ecstatic that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Flowers' conviction and death sentence.
"I'm elated. I can't find the words," said Carter. "Hopefully he will get a fair trial this time."..."
Curtis Flowers' conviction overturned: Family, lawyer elated. Widower of victim angry.
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Curtis Flowers: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Jun 21, 2019
"...Here’s what you need to know:..."
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Jun 21, 2019
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Supreme Court sided with Curtis Flowers. He remains in prison. What's next?
June 27, 2019
"Curtis Flowers has been behind bars for more than 20 years.
There he will remain for an undetermined amount of time after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that his guilty conviction must be overturned because of discrimination by a Mississippi prosecutor....
Sheri Lynn Johnson, a Cornell law professor who represents Flowers, told the Clarion Ledger that when she spoke to him about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, he was happy to learn the justices had decided there was racial discrimination in the case and that he would be given another chance. He hopes there will be no seventh trial, she said....
What's next for Curtis Flowers?
The U.S. Supreme Court essentially handed instructions to the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn Flowers' conviction.
The state Supreme Court justices are expected to do so and send the case back to the Montgomery County Circuit Court in the next six weeks to six months, said State Public Defender Andre de Gruy, whose office has handled Flowers' case since 2002 or 2003.
Once Flowers' conviction is vacated, he'll leave death row at Parchman prison. However, he won't be a free man. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office will take custody of him and he'll be held at a county jail as a pretrial inmate.
From there, his case will be treated as if he was newly indicted.
It's up to District Attorney Doug Evans — the man who has brought Flowers to trial time and again — to decide whether Flowers will have a seventh trial.
Possible motions attorneys could make include requests to recuse Evans, allow Flowers to post bail, prohibit another trial, further discovery, remove Judge Joseph Loper from the case and change of venue.
If Flowers is granted bail, he would be able to return home as he awaits his day in court, de Gruy said."
Supreme Court sided with Curtis Flowers. He remains in prison. What's next?
June 27, 2019
"Curtis Flowers has been behind bars for more than 20 years.
There he will remain for an undetermined amount of time after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that his guilty conviction must be overturned because of discrimination by a Mississippi prosecutor....
Sheri Lynn Johnson, a Cornell law professor who represents Flowers, told the Clarion Ledger that when she spoke to him about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, he was happy to learn the justices had decided there was racial discrimination in the case and that he would be given another chance. He hopes there will be no seventh trial, she said....
What's next for Curtis Flowers?
The U.S. Supreme Court essentially handed instructions to the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn Flowers' conviction.
The state Supreme Court justices are expected to do so and send the case back to the Montgomery County Circuit Court in the next six weeks to six months, said State Public Defender Andre de Gruy, whose office has handled Flowers' case since 2002 or 2003.
Once Flowers' conviction is vacated, he'll leave death row at Parchman prison. However, he won't be a free man. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office will take custody of him and he'll be held at a county jail as a pretrial inmate.
From there, his case will be treated as if he was newly indicted.
It's up to District Attorney Doug Evans — the man who has brought Flowers to trial time and again — to decide whether Flowers will have a seventh trial.
Possible motions attorneys could make include requests to recuse Evans, allow Flowers to post bail, prohibit another trial, further discovery, remove Judge Joseph Loper from the case and change of venue.
If Flowers is granted bail, he would be able to return home as he awaits his day in court, de Gruy said."
Supreme Court sided with Curtis Flowers. He remains in prison. What's next?
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I just finished listening to the latest episode on In the Dark, Flowers has a new attorney, Rob McDuff, who has beat Doug Evans, working and winning several wrongful convictions. Including a the only woman that was on the Mississippi death row. McDuff has already started to prepare motions incase Doug Evans decides to move on with the seventh trial, which would not surprise me. He has obviously has it out for Flowers, even though none of his convictions have stuck.
Willie Hemphill appears not to airtight alibi, matter of fact the police never talked Tawanda, as of her statement. When Hempill was confronted with this information he became very verbally aggressive towards Madeline and basically walked away.
The main witness against Flowers, Clemi Flemming, says that she was threatened that she would go to jail and loose her child. She says this was not the way she had to remembered it but was scared. She says that it has been horrible that on her testimony he could be killed.
Doug Evans has refused to talk to In the Dark about it.
All this information was from "In The Dark" podcast.
Its so sad that this family has had to go through this and that his mom isn't alive to know that her son could (should be) set free!
They need to release him and start from the beginning, find the gun the man across the street turned into police. This is so sad and truly appears Evans has tunnel vision for Flowers alone. Those four people deserve justice, and the community should be demanding a new DA. MOO
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Exactly....it's ridiculous how long this man has been sitting in prison because Doug Evans is a "whatever" you want to call him. How this man has remained seated in his position is beyond me, the fact that no one will even run against this man.....just crazy!
As you said too, these people deserve justice that they have been denied all these years.
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Jackson Attorney to Represent Flowers in Possible Seventh Trial
July 8, 2019
"A Jackson-area civil rights attorney is vowing to represent an African American man after a prosecutor accused of racial bias said he plans to try him a seventh time for the same murder case.
Rob McDuff, the director of the Mississippi Center for Justice’s impact litigation project, announced on July 2 that he will represent Curtis Flowers if prosecutor Doug Evans tries him again for the 1996 slayings of four people at a furniture store in Winona, Miss....
“Curtis Flowers’ formidable struggle to secure a trial free from racial discrimination fits within MCJ’s core mission of racial and economic justice,” Mississippi Center for Justice, or MCJ, President Reilly Morse said in a July 2 press release. “Through Rob McDuff, MCJ can contribute deep experience in both criminal and civil rights law to this case with the hope that our legal system finally will treat Curtis Flowers equally.”...
“Despite six trials, the prosecution has been unable to secure a lawful conviction against Curtis Flowers,” McDuff said. “Meanwhile, he has spent twenty-two years in prison, most of it on Death Row. The evidence, much of which has been uncovered since the last trial, indicates that Curtis did not commit this crime. If there is a seventh trial, we will be there to defend him. But six trials is enough, and this case should be dismissed without putting everyone through another one.”
The case will likely return to the trial court sometime in August, McDuff said...."
Jackson Attorney to Represent Flowers in Possible Seventh Trial
July 8, 2019
"A Jackson-area civil rights attorney is vowing to represent an African American man after a prosecutor accused of racial bias said he plans to try him a seventh time for the same murder case.
Rob McDuff, the director of the Mississippi Center for Justice’s impact litigation project, announced on July 2 that he will represent Curtis Flowers if prosecutor Doug Evans tries him again for the 1996 slayings of four people at a furniture store in Winona, Miss....
“Curtis Flowers’ formidable struggle to secure a trial free from racial discrimination fits within MCJ’s core mission of racial and economic justice,” Mississippi Center for Justice, or MCJ, President Reilly Morse said in a July 2 press release. “Through Rob McDuff, MCJ can contribute deep experience in both criminal and civil rights law to this case with the hope that our legal system finally will treat Curtis Flowers equally.”...
“Despite six trials, the prosecution has been unable to secure a lawful conviction against Curtis Flowers,” McDuff said. “Meanwhile, he has spent twenty-two years in prison, most of it on Death Row. The evidence, much of which has been uncovered since the last trial, indicates that Curtis did not commit this crime. If there is a seventh trial, we will be there to defend him. But six trials is enough, and this case should be dismissed without putting everyone through another one.”
The case will likely return to the trial court sometime in August, McDuff said...."
Jackson Attorney to Represent Flowers in Possible Seventh Trial
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The Mississippi Supreme Court is sending the case of a man tried six times for murder back to a local court after the U.S. Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection.
Thursday's ruling was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June. Prosecutors say Flowers killed four people in a Winona furniture store in 1996, and he was sentenced to death in 2010's sixth trial.
It's unclear whether Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans will seek to try Flowers a seventh time.
Rob McDuff, a lawyer leading Flowers' defense, said Thursday he will ask a judge to set bail for Flowers once Thursday's ruling is followed by a written mandate in 21 days.
State court sends black man's disputed murder case back
Thursday's ruling was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June. Prosecutors say Flowers killed four people in a Winona furniture store in 1996, and he was sentenced to death in 2010's sixth trial.
It's unclear whether Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans will seek to try Flowers a seventh time.
Rob McDuff, a lawyer leading Flowers' defense, said Thursday he will ask a judge to set bail for Flowers once Thursday's ruling is followed by a written mandate in 21 days.
State court sends black man's disputed murder case back
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CURTIS FLOWERS CONVICTION OFFICIALLY REVERSED
August 29, 2019
"JACKSON (WCBI) -The process of a possible 7th trial for Curtis Flowers is underway.
The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday accepted the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to reverse his capital murder conviction...
The Thursday ruling meant the case will officially be returned to the Montgomery County circuit court and District attorney Doug Evans.
That will happen September 19 if there are no appeals of the case. Once that happens hearings and motions connected to the new trial can be filed.
The possibility also exists that the district attorney could decide not to try the case again or work out a plea arrangement."
Curtis Flowers conviction officially reversed
August 29, 2019
"JACKSON (WCBI) -The process of a possible 7th trial for Curtis Flowers is underway.
The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday accepted the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to reverse his capital murder conviction...
The Thursday ruling meant the case will officially be returned to the Montgomery County circuit court and District attorney Doug Evans.
That will happen September 19 if there are no appeals of the case. Once that happens hearings and motions connected to the new trial can be filed.
The possibility also exists that the district attorney could decide not to try the case again or work out a plea arrangement."
Curtis Flowers conviction officially reversed
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Will Doug Evans seek to try Curtis Flowers for a seventh time?
August 30, 2019
"The Mississippi Supreme Court is sending the case of a man tried six times for murder back to a local court after the U.S. Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection.
Thursday’s ruling overturning the verdict was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June. Prosecutors say Flowers killed four people in a Winona furniture store in 1996, and he was sentenced to death in 2010 after his sixth trial.
It’s unclear whether Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans will seek to try Flowers a seventh time. Evans is unopposed in his reelection bid this year for an eighth four-year term in a district that includes seven rural Mississippi counties. Evans has said he remains confident of Flowers’ guilt, as have some relatives of victims.
Rob McDuff, a lawyer now leading Flowers’ defense, said he will ask a judge to set bail for Flowers once Thursday’s ruling is followed by a written mandate in 21 days...."
Will Doug Evans seek to try Curtis Flowers for a seventh time? - Mississippi Business Journal
August 30, 2019
"The Mississippi Supreme Court is sending the case of a man tried six times for murder back to a local court after the U.S. Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection.
Thursday’s ruling overturning the verdict was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June. Prosecutors say Flowers killed four people in a Winona furniture store in 1996, and he was sentenced to death in 2010 after his sixth trial.
It’s unclear whether Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans will seek to try Flowers a seventh time. Evans is unopposed in his reelection bid this year for an eighth four-year term in a district that includes seven rural Mississippi counties. Evans has said he remains confident of Flowers’ guilt, as have some relatives of victims.
Rob McDuff, a lawyer now leading Flowers’ defense, said he will ask a judge to set bail for Flowers once Thursday’s ruling is followed by a written mandate in 21 days...."
Will Doug Evans seek to try Curtis Flowers for a seventh time? - Mississippi Business Journal
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McDuff argued that not only must Circuit Judge Joseph Loper grant bail, but the judge must grant it on “reasonable and affordable terms.”
The Mississippi Constitution allows judges to deny bail in capital cases when “the proof is evident or the presumption great” that a defendant is guilty. McDuff argues those conditions are no longer met after all the holes that have been poked in the prosecution’s case, including a jailhouse informant and two witnesses who have recanted in recorded remarks to American Public Media’s “In the Dark” podcast.
McDuff offered to let Loper impose electronic monitoring, but said that shouldn’t be necessary, arguing that Flowers doesn’t meet the profile of someone who’s a flight risk or a danger to the community.
Mississippi man tried 6 times for murder seeks bail, end to charges
The Mississippi Constitution allows judges to deny bail in capital cases when “the proof is evident or the presumption great” that a defendant is guilty. McDuff argues those conditions are no longer met after all the holes that have been poked in the prosecution’s case, including a jailhouse informant and two witnesses who have recanted in recorded remarks to American Public Media’s “In the Dark” podcast.
McDuff offered to let Loper impose electronic monitoring, but said that shouldn’t be necessary, arguing that Flowers doesn’t meet the profile of someone who’s a flight risk or a danger to the community.
Mississippi man tried 6 times for murder seeks bail, end to charges
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Curtis Flowers whose death sentence was overturned after he was tried for murder six times is now seeking bail
49-year-old Curtis Flowers had his charges and death sentence overturned in June earlier this year after a case of racial bias in the trail's jury came to light.
Sep 20, 2019
"A Mississippi man is asking the judge to release him on bail and toss the murder charges against him after he was tried six times and his convictions overturned by the US Supreme Court. The 49-year-old Curtis Flowers had his charges and death sentence overturned in June after a case of racial bias in the trial's jury came to light. Rob McDuff, his lawyer filed the motion at the Montgomery County Circuit Court on Thursday. ...
His lawyer, Rob McDuff argued that bail is a requirement after two mistrials in capital murder charges, according to state law. He also argued that Flowers must be granted bail by the Circuit Judge Joseph Loper on "reasonable and affordable terms". The law allows judges to deny bail in case the evidence or the chances of the defendant being guilty are high but his attorney said this was not applicable after the prosecution's witnesses recanted their remarks. He also said that Flowers was not a flight risk or a danger to the community and said he would agree to electronic monitoring...."
Mississippi man Curtis Flowers whose death sentence was overturned after he was tried for murder six times is now seeking bail
49-year-old Curtis Flowers had his charges and death sentence overturned in June earlier this year after a case of racial bias in the trail's jury came to light.
Sep 20, 2019
"A Mississippi man is asking the judge to release him on bail and toss the murder charges against him after he was tried six times and his convictions overturned by the US Supreme Court. The 49-year-old Curtis Flowers had his charges and death sentence overturned in June after a case of racial bias in the trial's jury came to light. Rob McDuff, his lawyer filed the motion at the Montgomery County Circuit Court on Thursday. ...
His lawyer, Rob McDuff argued that bail is a requirement after two mistrials in capital murder charges, according to state law. He also argued that Flowers must be granted bail by the Circuit Judge Joseph Loper on "reasonable and affordable terms". The law allows judges to deny bail in case the evidence or the chances of the defendant being guilty are high but his attorney said this was not applicable after the prosecution's witnesses recanted their remarks. He also said that Flowers was not a flight risk or a danger to the community and said he would agree to electronic monitoring...."
Mississippi man Curtis Flowers whose death sentence was overturned after he was tried for murder six times is now seeking bail
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I find that claim outrageous if you consider the history of black men executed and jailed for crimes they didn't commit.
Curtis Flowers was released from Death Row and MS state prison, he was transferred to Grenada County jail where he will reside until a possible 7th trial, his new lawyer gets a bail set for him, or the case is dismissed!
This poor man!
This poor man!
