Curtis Flowers, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 22 Years, Dies at 56
Curtis Flowers, a Black man who was wrongfully convicted and spent more than two decades in prison, has died at the age of 56. His case, which involved being tried six times for the same murders, became a symbol of racial bias and injustice in the American legal system. Flowers had his death sentence overturned by the Supreme Court, but he ultimately passed away in Mississippi. His tragic story highlights the flaws within the justice system and the devastating impact of wrongful imprisonment.
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