Crime, Law and Justice

Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias

Curtis Flowers exits the Winston Choctaw Regional Correctional Facility.
Curtis Flowers flanked by sister Priscilla Ward, right, exits the Winston Choctaw Regional Correctional Facility in Louisville, Miss., on Monday. Flowers' murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias, and he was granted bond by a circuit judge and is free, with some conditions, for the first time in 22 years.
Rogelio V. Solis | AP Photo