June 15, 2010

Huffington Post: African American Mississippi Man Starts Record Sixth Murder Trial

By Bill Quigley (of the Huffington Post)

An article from the Huffington Post explains how Curtis Flowers, an African American man from Mississippi, enters the record books as the only man in United States history to ever go on trial six times for the same crime.

"Mr. Flowers has been in jail since 1996 awaiting trial and was previously tried for these murders in 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007 and 2008. All either ended in hung juries or overturned convictions. The five previous trials have already cost the State of Mississippi over $300,000"

Read the entire article here: African American Mississippi Man Starts Record Sixth Murder Trial

Posted June 15th, 2010 at 11:03 AM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Mississippi

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