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Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies

Published October 8, 2026 4:19 pm • Updated October 8, 2026 4:19 pm •

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died

Source: ABC News US — Original report ↗

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