Lead reporter & host of In the Dark, an investigative podcast from @apmreports Season 2 is about the case of Curtis Flowers.
Jun 21, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
1/ Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion reversing Curtis Flowers’ conviction for the 1996 quadruple murder in Winona, Miss. Here are some highlights from Justice Kavanaugh’s opinion. #CurtisFlowers@InTheDarkAPM2/ Justice Kavanaugh cites D.A. Doug Evans’ long history of striking black people from the jury in Curtis Flowers’ earlier trials. Flowers has always been tried by an all-white or mostly white jury.
Dec 27, 2018 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Curtis Flowers’ defense team just filed their brief to SCOTUS. The State has 30 days to respond. No date set yet for oral arguments. @InTheDarkAPMsupremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/1…2/ I’ll tweet out some key points in the brief. But 1st, a reminder-SCOTUS is looking at a claim that D.A. Doug Evans intentionally struck black people from the jury bc of their race in Flowers’ 6th trial. If SCOTUS finds that Evans did that, it will overturn Flowers’ conviction.
