Curtis Flowers, the accused murderer who garnered nationwide attention after his case was showcased on 'In the Dark,' was granted bail for the first time after more than two decades in prison
after more than two decades in prison. If he can post bail, Flowers will be a free man, albeit temporarily while prosecutors determine whether he should be tried for a seventh time.
Flowers’ bail was set at $250,000 — significantly more than the $25,000 amount his defense attorneys had requested. He will have to wear an ankle bracelet while he awaits the prosecutors’ decision. Flowers was arrested after four people were murdered in 1996 at a furniture store in Winona, Mississippi, where Flowers had previously worked. At the time of his, prosecutors alleged that Flowers had shot one of the four victims, the owner of the furniture store, because she had fired him for damaging a pair of batteries, and that he had shot the other three employees to eliminate any possible witnesses. Flowers was convicted, and has spent the past 23 years in prison.
Flowers appealed his conviction in six separate trials, most of which were overturned by the Mississippi state supreme court or resulted in hung juries. His sixth and final trial resulted in Flowers’ conviction being reinstated and his landing on death row.
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