MS SC524

Issues a formal apology on behalf of the State of Mississippi to Curtis Flowers of Winona, who was tried six times for capital murder and spent 23 years in prison before charges were dismissed in September 2020

Acknowledges the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Flowers' sixth conviction based on unconstitutional racial discrimination by the prosecutor in striking African American jurors

Notes the Mississippi Supreme Court had previously overturned Flowers' first three convictions, including two death sentences, and his fourth and fifth trials ended in hung juries

Recognizes Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed the motion to dismiss charges after reviewing evidence and case history following the district attorney's withdrawal

Directs the resolution be presented to Curtis Flowers and his family, forwarded to the Attorney General, Mississippi Prosecutors Association, and Montgomery County Board of Supervisors