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"Curtis Flowers never should have been charged," one of his attorneys, Rob McDuff said in a news release Friday.

A Mississippi man freed after nearly 23 years in prison is suing the district attorney who prosecuted him six times in the killings of four people at a furniture store.

Mississippi to pay Curtis Flowers $500,000 after 23 years of wrongful imprisonment The man, who spent nearly half his life on death row, will receive the state’s maximum compensation amount. Share this story USA Today Curtis Flowers will be paid $500,000 by Mississippi after being wrongfully incarcerated in the state for 23 years. The Mississippi 5th Circuit Judge George Mitchell announced the ruling this week, saying that Flowers should be given the state’s maximum compensation amount. Flo...

A 50-year-old Black man from Mississippi who was wrongfully jailed for 23 years for a crime he did not commit, was awarded $500,000

Curtis Flowers, tried six times for the same crime, will receive Mississippis maximum compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Heres how much it is.

Curtis Flowers, tried six times for the same crime, will receive Mississippi's maximum compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Here's how much it is.

Lets face it. the victim was a black child. but at least those jurors are much more likely to be suspicious that the police are not always telling the truth. so i think thats quite important to have a jury that is at least somewhat skeptical. >> but clive and rob were about to face the challenge of refuting scientific reports that at the first trial had condemned sabrina to death.

I had no doubt that things was going to go in our favor. >> in the second trial, i knew that they were going to use the same things that they used in the first trial. and i just was happy that i had some attorneys that were going to tell, you know, my side of the story for a change. >> with sabrinas second trial approaching, clive knew hed need help pleading her case to a mississippi jury. so he enlisted the help of local lawyer rob mcduff. >> at the first trial, i think the jury there very much...

>> clive and rob knew they needed to humanize sabrina and explain what happened that night, including sabrinas incriminating statements to the police. >> when you look at the case against stream, what youre looking at is a bunch of statements none of which mean a lot in isolation, but put together made her look bad. then youve got the injuries to the child, which needed some explanation. but theres not much more than that. its not like theres dna everywhere, theyre videos everywhere, theres mess...