State court sends black man’s disputed murder case back

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is sending the case of a man tried six times for murder back to a local court after the U.S. Supreme Court found racial bias in jury selection.
Thursday’s ruling was a formality after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Curtis Flowers in June. Prosecutors say Flowers killed four people in a Winona furniture store in 1996, and he was sentenced to death in 2010’s sixth trial.
It’s unclear whether Montgomery