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Wrongfully convicted African-American man (1970–2026)
Curtis Giovanni Flowers was an American man who was wrongly imprisoned for over 22 years while he was tried for the same murders six times by the same prosecutor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Four of the trials resulted in convictions, all of which were overturned on appeal for repeated prosecutorial misconduct. Flowers was alleged to have committed the July 16, 1996, shootings of four people inside Tardy Furniture store in Winona, Mississippi, United States.
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As the innocence community mourns the loss of Curtis Flowers, his legacy reminds us that the fight for criminal and racial justice reform remains as urgent as ever. S
Last Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 Curtis Giovanni Flowers, 56, was found dead following a call made to Montgomery County Emergency Operations Center at approximately noon. According to Montgomery County Coroner Allan Pratt, Flowers was reportedly found unresponsive in his home, later pronounced dead upon officials arrival.