Policy Issues
Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Dec 20, 2023
Batson Relief for Another Mississippi Prisoner Prosecuted by Doug Evans
On December 12, 2023 U.S. Dis…
Entries tagged with “Doug Evans”
Policy Issues
Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Jan 08, 2020
Controversial Mississippi Prosecutor Recuses Himself from Further Involvement in Curtis Flowers’ Case
After having been rebuked by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2019 for his pattern of racially biased jury selection in the capital prosecutions of
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Dec 13, 2022
Curtis Flowers Prosecutor Defeated in Bid to Become County Judge
District Attorney Doug Evans, who gained notoriety for his misconduct in the six trial of Curtis Flowers, was defeated November 29, 2022 in his attempt to become a Mississippi Circuit Court judge. In a runoff election, Winona Municipal Court Judge…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,United States Supreme Court
,Jul 12, 2023
Doug Evans, the District Attorney Who Prosecuted Curtis Flowers Six Times, Retires
Doug Evans, the District Attorney who tried death row exoneree Curtis Flowers for murder six times, is retiring. Mr. Flowers received four death sentences, but each conviction was overturned when courts found that Evans had illegally excluded Blac…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Dec 16, 2019
Mississippi Judge Frees Curtis Flowers on Bail After Six Trials and 23 Years in Jail
A Mississippi trial judge has released Curtis Flowers on $250,000 bail, while prosecutors decide whether to attempt to try him a seventh time for a quadruple murder he has long maintained he did not commit. Flower…