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Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Charges against Curtis Flowers dropped by Parker Yesko At long last, Curtis Flowers is free. The Mississippi man endured nearly 23 years behind bars, six trials, four death sentences and, most recently, months of house arrest for murders he always maintained that he didn’t commit, and for which the evidence of his guilt was weak. His legal odyssey ended Friday when the Mississippi Attorney General’s office, which had been reviewing the case since February, submitted a motion to dismiss the indictments against him for the 1996 murders of four people in Winona, Mississippi. The move brought the State of Mississippi v. Curtis Flowers to a decisive close. "Today, I am finally free from the injustice that left me locked in a box for nearly 23 years," Flowers said in a statement released by his attorneys. "I've been asked if I ever thought this day would come. ... With a family that never gave up on me and with them by my side, I knew it would." ▻ Read the full story From death row, to justice, to freedom. Powerful investigative journalism is funded by you. Give generously today. Give Now |