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S2 E14: The Decision

2019/6/21
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Curtis Flowers' father, Archie, and reporters wait for the Supreme Court's decision, which ultimately overturns Curtis's conviction for the quadruple murder at Tardy Furniture.

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On Friday, June 21, after months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in the Curtis Flowers case. In a 7-2 ruling, the justices threw out the conviction from his sixth trial, in 2010. The decision of what happens next -- whether to release Flowers or begin a seventh trial -- now lies with the same prosecutor who's pursued him from the beginning: Doug Evans.