Curtis Flowers

Curtis Flowers is an African American man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and faced a total of six trials over two decades for the 1996 killings of four people in a Mississippi furniture store. His case became a focal point for discussions on racial injustice and prosecutorial misconduct, gaining national attention through the podcast 'In the Dark,' which documented the circumstances surrounding his trials and the failures of the justice system. Flowers was ultimately exonerated in 2019 when the charges against him were dropped, highlighting the systemic issues present in criminal proceedings.