by Bert | Nov 26, 2018 | Mississippi
An important update on the Curtis Flowers case (the petitioner we highlighted in September): two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. While this is an encouraging development—on the perhaps not-so-safe assumption that the Court will actually...
by Bert | Sep 13, 2018 | Mississippi
It is extraordinarily difficult not to get worked up when thinking or writing about Curtis Flowers’s case. On death row in Mississippi, Mr. Flowers has been tried six times—six!—for the same murder. In July of 1996, four employees of small local business Tardy...
by Bert | Mar 9, 2018 | Mississippi
Late last month, Washington Post journalist Radley Balko and University of Mississippi law professor Tucker Carrington released a terrific new book titled “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.” The book focuses on the disastrous and untrustworthy work done by...
by Alec | Mar 16, 2016 | Mississippi
In a decision that has gone unmentioned in the press, a federal appellate court hardly known for its leniency in criminal cases–the 5th Circuit–has reversed a child pornography conviction after finding a prosecutor’s repeated vouching for witnesses...
by Alec | Nov 6, 2015 | Mississippi
In a significant sign that district attorney elections can be opportunities for prosecutorial accountability, rather than competitions for the most punitive candidate, voters in Mississippi’s 16th Judicial District this week elected a reform candidate and...
by OpenFile | Sep 20, 2013 | Mississippi, The Open File Blog
Paul Alexander of Rolling Stone magazine has written a short profile on Curtis Flowers’ case, the Mississippi man who has undergone six trials for the same murder – more than any other in American history. The District Attorney in charge of the...
