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After more than 20 years, Curtis Flowers has the chance to bring his case before the US Supreme Court. The nation’s highest court has the power to overturn Flowers’ conviction.

After six trials and more than 20 years, the case of Curtis Flowers took a stunning turn; the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Flowers' latest appeal of his 2010 conviction for the four murders at Tardy Furniture in Winona, Mississippi. Flowers would have his day before the nation’s highest court. At issue was whether District Attorney Doug Evans tried to keep African-Americans off the jury in Flowers’ most recent trial, a violation of the US Constitution.
In March, oral arguments took place in Washington, D.C. Then, after months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion. In a 7-2 ruling, the justices threw out Flowers’ conviction, finding that the prosecutor in Flowers’ sixth trial had intentionally eliminated prospective jurors who were black. The decision of what happens next — whether to release Flowers or begin a seventh trial — now lies with the same man who has tried him from the beginning: District Attorney Doug Evans.