NEW: Doug Evans, who tried Curtis Flowers for murder 6 times, lost an election for a Mississippi judge seat.
The Supreme Court vacated Flowers' sixth conviction, with Justice Kavanaugh citing Evans' “determined effort to rid the jury of black individuals.”https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29420/doug-evans-who-tried-curtis-flowers-for-murder-six-times-loses-election
“In the six trials combined, the State struck 41 of the 42 black prospective jurors it could have struck,” Justice Kavanaugh wrote in a 7-2 majority opinion.
Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, joined in part by Justice Gorsuch.
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After the Supreme Court ruling, Doug Evans said Flowers would “have to be retried” a seventh time, but later recused himself.
In September 2020, AG Fitch announced that the State was dropping the case against Flowers. He'd spent 23 years in prison.
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Curtis Flowers, a Black Mississippi man who became free in 2019 after spending 23 years in prison for since-dropped capital-murder charges, is suing Montgomery County District Attorney Doug Evans for wrongful prosecution.
Alan D. Lancaster won the race for District 5 Mississippi Circuit Court judge on Tuesday, defeating Doug Evans in a 70%-30% rout.
Lancaster vowed to “be fair,” “impartial,” “follow the law,” and “treat everyone with respect and dignity.”
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