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Defense files motions for bail, dismissal After rising to the U.S. Supreme Court this summer, the murder case of Curtis Flowers landed back in the Mississippi courthouse on Thursday where it began nine years ago: Flowers' new lawyer filed two motions — one requesting bail, the other that the case be dismissed — that vividly previewed how he plans to attack the state's case against his client. "There has never been any physical or forensic evidence connecting Flowers to the crime; the motive and methods ascribed to Flowers by the prosecution are objectively improbable; the witnesses relied upon to make up the circumstantial case for guilt have by turns been contradictory [or] unbelievable," wrote Rob McDuff, Flowers' defense lawyer. ▻ Read the story  Follow In the Dark: Twitter | Facebook Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Podcasts
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