Supreme Court strikes down conviction of Curtis Flowers

[mxxm98]

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/73215...row-for-22-yea

I haven’t seen this posted yet, “

Updated at 5:45 p.m. ET

The Supreme Court has struck down the conviction of an African American death row inmate who was prosecuted six times for the same crime and by the same prosecutor, a man with a history of racial bias in jury selection.

Writing for the court's 7-2 majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, "The numbers speak loudly. Over the course of the first four trials, there were 36 black prospective jurors against whom the State could have exercised a peremptory strike. The State tried to strike all 36."

Making the case even more starkly was the fact that the Mississippi town where the murder took place is majority black.

The crime was a horrific one, a quadruple murder at a store in Winona. Months after the crime, police arrested Curtis Flowers, who had no prior criminal record but had once worked at the store. He has been on death row for 22 years.”

[Javacoffee]

There's so much wrong with this. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Only time will tell, and maybe not even then, if this is a good thing or a bad. Who really knows?

America has the best judicial system on the planet, but unfortunately it isn't organized and carried out by perfect people. There's always another set of people who use mankind's failures, both past and present, like salt on a wound in order to set the guilty free.

[Buckeye77]

apparently the State can try him a 7th time if they think they can win

[unxpctd]

I really hope the don't do that....he's been tried for this crime more times that anyone should have to deal with. I've read about a 2nd and maybe a 3rd trial...but 6? Ridiculous.

[Charlie&Rose]

Wonder if DNA samples were kept. They have come a long way, in testing, since this happened.