Mississippi man faces sixth capital murder trial in 1996 shootings

Curtis Flowers is believed to be the only person to be tried six times on the same murder charges. Prosecuters are hoping that this will be his last trial. The murder happened in 1996 inside of a furniture store in downtown Winona, Mississippi. The owner and 3 employees were shot in the head that day. The population has declined in the past 14 years since that event. Since it was a small town, almost everyone living there had some connection to the victims who were shot. This man has been held in custody ever since for committing the murders. He has been sentenced to death 2 times. There isn't much evidence for the murder. There isn't any DNA, no weapon has been found, and all the eyewitness stories conflict with each other. Curtis was a former employee there and it is said that he killed those people to get back at his former employer. The defense side is using race as a major issue. They're claiming that a white man wouldn't be tried for this case, but since Curtis is black, he's a suspect. Whatever the outcome ends up being, everyone is hoping that there is equal justice and no racial unfairness.

This seems to be a case that's being dragged out too long. He's already been tried 5 times for this murder. Since there isn't any clear evidence that blames him, how can he lose his life for it. I'm not saying he didn't commit this crime, but I am saying that according to our justice system, he's innocent until proven guilty. It's too bad that the whole town had to be affected by this. Even the population has gone down. They've also probably lost their sense of security in the town. I know I would be more scared after that happened. I just hope that he isn't accused just solely on his race. That would be completely unfair and unjust, but hopefully it all works out and they can put this case to rest finally. 6 times is a bit too much. What makes them think that the 6th trial will all of a sudden change direction?
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