The Associated Press
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in September that she would not try Flowers a seventh time in the 1996 slayings and a robbery that took place at a furniture store in Winona. He had been in custody since 1997. In June 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out the conviction and death sentence from Flowers’s sixth trial, which took place in 2010. Justices said prosecutors' pattern of excluding Black jurors from his trials was unconstitutional.
22 years 500.000.00 it is enough
Gross negligence, gross incompetence after six trials and the racist prosecutors are willing to try him a SEVENTH time to try & save face in light of their typical criminal mischief of fabricating evidence & framing another black man.
Lol what a slap to the face
500k?!!!! For 22 years.... oh sure... Mississippi's not racist still....
22 years and all he’s getting is 500,000?
That's a bit over the top
500,000 will fix his life stolen from him
That’s it? 500k?
IslandGirlPRV Seems light at 500k...
That’s it!!!!
I think I’d flip in the court room at this amount. The audacity. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
And he still has to pay the irs
He definitely should get more money than that. More like the millions.
Only?
No way is that enough?
That’s not enough 😡
Incredibly insufficient settlement
I hope its $500,000 per year!
Nowhere near enough for 22 years
Not enough. Racist bullshit. MS should have to pay whatever he was making at the time, plus 5% raise per year, plus compounded interest.
No where near the amount he should have received.
22 years of wrongful imprisonment only cost $500,000? that's only $63.1 a day, are you kidding me?
Why is that all? He deserves so much more.
Pay up!!
Not nearly enough of a penalty for the state.
IslandGirlPRV That's all? Another miscarriage of justice.
The bitch of the thing even beyond the insufficient $$ is the state tried the guy SIX times!! Excessive? They couldn't nail him to the cross the first time, the 2nd time, 3rd, etc...wtf! They had nothing else to do or what🤦🏽♀️ Plz explain this to me.
That’s the least they can do...they took this mans life from him...they took him away from his family...no amount can give him back the time he lost...hopefully the money can help him get through the rest of his life a little easier...🙏🏻💗
That’s not even close he should get more like $50 million ..22 years of his life was taken and all he gets is a half million ..a joke
$500,000 is a freaking joke, after 22 years, that's terrible
500,00.00 is NOT enough!!
The worst state in the union. Stop stealing our tax dollars.
For the lose of 22 years of freedom that is far to light it should be well over 2 million
God bless him 🥲🙏💙🏴
That's it?!?
Any other suspects? How was he involved at the crime scene ?
Is that it? Just $500,000 for 22 years? That is $22,727 a year for wrongful imprisonment. The number should be more like $5M tax free for taking away 22 years of the man's life.
So because of a judges opinion on something about not enough black jurors this guy gets away with a quadruple murder and gets paid $500,000 what am I missing here?
$2.59 per hour
It’s not enough! Add a few more zeroes.
This settlement is an insult!!
Funny how strangers reading the headline didn’t even mention they are happy for him, only that he should get more money. Y’all mad bc you’re living vicariously through him and voicing what y’all would want? You don’t even know him.Maybe he should be paid but he’s beyond rich now
500,000 dollars? Seems low.
Thats it
seems kinda cheap
Mississippi needs to pay him more than that. More like millions.
$500,000 per year? I know they didn't just tell that man his life is worth $22.727.27 per year with no vacation, time at home, or ya know... freedom. Shameful.
Not enough.
Not enough
Add another zero to that 500,000
That is definitely not enough.
That was a woefully inadequate settlement for 22 years!😡
That's it?
It should say: A judge is ordering the state of Mississippi to pay $500,000,000.00 to a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned more than 22 years and was tried six times in a quadruple murder case.
Why is his race in the headline? so racist.
That’s it?!? He should own Mississippi for that shit. $500k for 22 years is not nearly enough!
There are far too many of these stories, and in most cases, these men aren’t compensated nearly enough for what they’ve endured
Hi ABC, This Judge effed up big time. What an insult to justice and his life. Abomination
$23,000/year. At least he'll qualify for the covid relief check...
You’re missing a few zeros.
A down payment.
The only way this would be ok is if the cops and prosecutors had to serve 22 years each for this. So everyone including the judge should serve 22 years, and when they get out they too can have their 500k, not adjusted for inflation either.
They should pay him $500,000 for each year!
That’s shameful
Many white southerners are plain evil
500k is not enough!!
Taxable income, I'm sure...
That is not NEARLY enough!
Only 500k?
Only $500,000? That’s another miscarriage of justice right there.
This amount is baised on a salary figure per year. It dose not address mental anguish. Taking the best years of someone's life. There is no admissions of racism but the government. If you let me pick the terms of my punishment for wrong doings I'll go easy on my self every time.
$500k? That's all? This man was falsely imprisoned for 22 years and lost over 2 decades of his life and all he gets is half a million dollars. Yes, $500k is a lot of money but not in this case.
$500,000 is NOT EVEN CLOSE to what he deserves. Jesus dude, just fuck Mississippi.
Tried 6x? They spent more on trials then they will paying this man.
Far too little.
Based on a minimum wage that isn't even the law in the state crazy
That’s less than $23,000/yr. Wonder what a white man would have been awarded? Me thinks millions.
Two more 0’s and that is ultra conservative...
He deserves at least a mil or something
Keep adding the 00000s
Only 500,000 what is he supposed to do with that buy a hot dog stand.
He deserves FAR more compensation!
Good for him. He deserves every penny
He deserves a whole lot more... Mississippi took half his life.
This is not enough. Listen to InTheDarkAPM and you’ll realize the state knew there was a more likely suspect and let him go. Curtis’s imprisonment was not an accident.
500,000, not nearly enough!!!
Just $500k? Should be a helluva lot more than that. Should be more like $5 million. That's BS
The state is screwing this person over, yet again.
Did they leave off some zeros?
Not even the entire Mississippi enough for ruining man’s life
Ever notice how 99.99% of these wrongful conviction stories - involve a black American wrongly convicted. I wonder why that is? AmericanRacism
500,000 That man deserves 500 million dollars! What the f*** kind of b******* is this. You cannot put a value on what this individual lost while he was incarcerated. You need to prosecute the district attorney!!!!
Did I read that story by John Grisham WorldBookDayUK ... The Guardians?
500k? That's six times less than what the woman who spilled her own McDonalds coffee on herself was awarded. This man lost 22 years of his life. He shouldn't have to worry about earning a single penny for the rest of it. Fck'en Mississippi.
They owe this guy millions.
How much are they going to want back citing room and board for the last 22 yrs?
And even that isn't enough!
How horrific. This man sat in a prison cell for 22 yrs & gets half a million. Should be 500k for each year.
Trump will take out a full NY times page still calling him a murderer.
Ummmm that’s not enough
This is all wrong. The amount awarded is so small to compensate for the irreparable damage done that fellow. It should be $222 million dollars. To no one should justice be denied. We don't know for sure if he would have been the Elon musk, he president or even dead.
He needs to be paid millions. The pain and suffering inflicted on this man is priceless
if prosecutors were afraid of getting shot when they commit egregious acts of malfeasance like this, they would stop doing them
Ever wonder how many American families of African decent have had to live through this because of the ignorance and bigotry that is pervasive in every crack and crevice of our society? I bet the real data would be flabbergasting.
the prosecutor and judge should have to serve 22 years, it's only fair
'Curtis Flowers was released from prison in December 2019, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a district attorney had excluded Black jurors from his trials.' Montgomery County MS has a 40% black population. I wonder if they excluded women too.
Central Park Five got $41 million for 5 to 15 years.
That’s it?
Mississippi has a lower life expectancy and literacy rate than the US colony of Honduras. $500k is pretty good!
Try 500k a freaking year. The shit they put him and his family through.
State law prevents victims from getting any more than 50K per year of wrongful imprisonment. Archaic law.
Wow . They should ask for more . They are getting off easy .
That’s all?500,000?🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤣
22 years of wrongful imprisonment! You took away the man’s life! $500,000 for his compensation is a big joke! Freedom is priceless! No amount can ever compensate this man’s freedom!
Thank God maybe next time they won’t be quick to blame
$500,000 is nowhere near enough compensation for being incarcerated for a 3rd of your life for being black and minding your own damn business.
Should be a much Bigger amount!
22 years of his life he should get millions in compensation 😢😢😢😢😢🙏🏽♥️
That's works out to be $2.59 per hour over 22 years. Talk about getting screwed twice.
$500,000 cannot bring back 22 years of a man's life. He should get enough not to worry about money for the rest of his life.
Ridiculous
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They never recover from such injustices. Statistics state they do not live long outside of prison. But at least his family will be compensated.
Missing a couple of zeros.
22 YEARS!
That amount is a slap in the face.
That is bullshit. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too low
That’s not nearly enough. Not even close.
He deserves more🤔
Not enough. How about 50 million. 22 years is a LONG time. Not even talking about the emotional and mental scars jail gives you. Yeah no, they are short changing this man for the misery they were responsible for!
Half a million for 22 years loss? no thanks.
'Black money'
I don’t think I would take $500,000 for 22 years of my life—prime years that impact the quality of the remaining years
Only 500,000? He deserves millions.
TOO damn bad, make them pay!
Add a zero to that sum!!
SJ_Fonz 22 lost years is not something anyone can get back because age only goes up and that many lost years have just vanished without any benefits to the families of “Wrongly”Accused man.
Then the state and federal government will tax the 500k and he will have enough left over to buy a house and car, and won’t be able to keep up the payments of either.
They better add some zeros
Only $500,000 for wasted 20 years? That seems meager.
Thats only $22,727 per year for being wrongfully accused and having every one of his freedoms taken away. That number should be AT LEAST 10X the amount.
That's it? Are you kidding me? They spent more money on trying to wrongly convict the man for 22 years!
What on earth that’s insane an innocent man God don’t like ugley
GhostOfLuv3 Should be 22 million
That’s it? 1/2 a mill for 1/2 his life? That’s Fckn BULLSHIT
Wow: I am so glad he is out! He should get more money than that!
That's it!? Deserves more😪
Time for the civil suit against each individual involved in this travesty of justice.
Is that supposed to be a joke or a big 'F U'?!? 😡
$500,000 per 1/4 year, equal to 22 years (for every year he lost) for a total of $44,000,000. Plus , $64,000,000 for Mental Distress. Late fees will ably!
I'm sure Mississippi thinks he should be 'grateful' for receiving any amount.😐😑
Seems they are getting off cheep...
Only half a mil Are you kidding me.🤬
He deserves a lot more than that!!
All good but not enough for 22 yrs.
$22.727 a year, similar to minimum wage for 22 years without a raise for good behavior.
That’s disgraceful. It should be $5 million. One reason I would never move to MISS. Too much racism. Especially in the courts. There probably are hundreds of innocent blacks convicted by racist jurors and prosecutors.
This is bull I would sue everyone involved if it is permitted.
Should be a million dollars for every year wrongfully imprisoned. At least then it could be setup so that he doesn't have to worry about anything for the rest of his life.
Only 500k for 22 years?
They forgot a zero. That is not enough!
Ohhh...theirs some people in Mississippi sweating bullets-torpedoes right about now.
Why so little?
That seems like the US min wage - too damn low!
Thats all?
They should be ashamed only $500,000 for 22 years of his life. SMH
Wow that’s crazy, I advice anyone that hasn’t listened to the podcast it’s “in the dark” season 2. The things they put this man and his family through is so unreal. That prosecutor is going to whatever bad place exists after death. He’s definitely top 5 most wronged by system. 😢
Per month spent in prison, semiannual... yearly? Plus mental anguish, familial relationship deprivation... Start the list! Sadistic White Privileged Maniacs. The Be Best perhaps? Or better yet, start with some simple math: $500,000 ÷ 22 = $27,727.27 per year. 21st Century?!
Only $500,000? What a disgrace.
cant CEDEsq fix this?
can this be challenged
Six times? That's just inexcusable. And he should get 500,000 for evey year he spent in prison IMO.
Yeah that's not enough $$
He should get 10x that. 🤦🏻♂️
500,000 thats it😐😐😐😐
22 Million..
That is woefully not enough
Thats all?
That’s not enough
Not enough $$$$$
Unbelievable..Curtis Flowers was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned and only paid 500,000 Someone in Mississippi's Attorney General's office better be coming up with about 5 million more additional bucks!!
That is insanely low. Surely he’s owed a few mill for losing 1/4 of his life.
His time was valued at 2.60$ an hour.
From an OWG, That isn't enough.
Should be 5 times that. 22 years is most of his best years. Sounds like white south jury mentality. Prosecute the prosecutors and investigators who provided false data
That's an insult
PAY UP!
That’s bullshit. This man should live in high style the rest of his life.
Minus $250,000 for Fed. Tax & $25,000 for State Tax and bill him for prison food, waste, water and ... for 22 years in total amount of 220,000 and $5000 legal fees. American Justice always amazes me! Just $500,000 for TWENTY TWO YEARS OF SOMEONE'S LIFE?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?
$500 K for 22 yrs seems very fair for a person of colour:(
How about disbarring Doug Evans ? Why is he still the DA?
Should have been 50 000 000$
Peanuts for all those years
$500,000? Not nearly enough.
$22,000 a year .....WTF !
It should be way more than that
This is why we march
That’s it?
That sounds like rate of slavery for 22 years. Are you kidding me? $500k for 22 years of wrong jail term
Add some ,000’s to that number
Civil suit time
Anyone sitting in prison 22 years wrongfully convicted should get a hell of a lot more than 500 grand, And the people who put him there should have a taste of the prison life themselves, if they knew he was innocent,
Only
He should appeal that right away. This was a complete travesty what they did to him.
NOT ENOUGH !
That’s a pitiful amount for 22 damn years
500K for 22 years! What a joke!
They should just give him Mississippi and so many others just like him. Racism
It’s not enough. So sorry for him
If this was a white fella....he’d be rewarded $50 million!!!!!
I think they forgot a 0 or two.
$2.59 for each hour the state stole from him $0 for his pain and suffering $0 for his losses $0 to his family for their losses
Should be millions!
Wow! That’s how much Lady Gaga was offering for the return of two dogs and they were only gone for a couple days!
SnickOld IMO They need a few more zeros on that check.
So basically, they’re paying him minimum wage for his 22 years while incarcerated? 🤷🏼♀️ He deserves much more, as well as multiple apologies.
Is it because Mississippi is a sh!th0le country ?
$500K is a F’n joke! How bout a million for each year? And the sheriff behind this is racist as the sun is hot!!
That aint enough you cant get that time back
Just by mistake he spent 22 years in prison. 500,000 USD sounds cheap. Let's put the guys in charge of his judgement in jail for a few years so that they do a better job next time!
If you read the entire article it says that that is what the state of Mississippi allows. They are a bit cheap with their compensation but it's not surprising bc it's the deep South.
500k. he should least get 2.2 million. 100k a year
EatShtTrump I'll see that & double it on a bet that this settlement would be exponentially more if the guy had been white.
They wrongfully incarcerated this Man, took his life away and then pay him $62 per day! Real SHAME!
Mississippi Goddam.
This happens way too often. Lawyers hate to admit they were wrong. Most people dont get any compensation and are beyond their good working years.
So 22 yrs of a man's life is worth 5K. Hmmm.
It’s still not enough.
His lost 22 years of life were only worth $500,000. Ridiculous.
Seriously😡..who the f**k is doing 1930s math🤦♀️
How about making that $500,000 a year for the next 22 years.
He should own the state of Mississippi
$500K? Is that all? Disgusting!
I hope you mean $500k a year for every year he was in jail, at the very least right?
Not enough! 🤨
He should have received way more than that, and every lawyer who was involved in all prosecutions should have their licenses revoked.
“We’re sorry we wrongfully imprisoned you for 22 years of your life, here’s half a mil to make up for it.”
That’s it? He deserves millions. So unfair
I’m sorry.. ONLY $500,000?!?!
500k for 22 years. must be a joke. he should have had 500 million K
Should be 5 mil minimum
It should’ve been like 500M
Yikes
For everything he went through? Only $500,00?
He better decline the offer and get himself a lawyer. $500,000 for 22 years of his life equals to per year of his incarceration $22,727.
Mississippi, what did yall expect?!
He should be paid a lot more than that!
He deserves way more than that.
That's it? He had the wrong lawyer!
That’s Mississippi for you. Backwoods as all hell. Juan Rivera served 20 years for 3 alleged rapes that were all overturned. He received 30 million. This guy did two more years and received 29.5 million less? SMH.
Imprisoned for more than 22 years? He should be getting 500,000k for 22+ years from the state of Mississippi then
$500,000 for 22 yrs, that’s bullshit.
Wow 125,000 for every murder conviction. Not bad
So little compare to all the pain and sorrow he suffered for being locked down all those years.
That's an insulting figure. It should be millions
That covers the first two years. How much for the other 20?
That is all? That is not justice. MILLIONS 22 years of his life for $500,000. OMG Who allowed it to be so low?
That’s all? Not enough.
That's not enough
this is a pittance compared to the suffering of this man
Should be in the millions. The only way to stop the discrimination and falsely incarcerated is monetarily. Sue their ass off.
Brett Favre got more than that for fakes speeches 😡
Why do they mention that he is black? Wouldn't be enough to say a man? Because he is a man.
That... doesn’t sound like nearly enough
$500k is not enough.
That's not enough 💰!!! I couldn't even IMAGINE going through that 💩!!!
Wow, 500,000 for 22 years? Less than 25000 a year. Pretty cheap for taking a persons prime of life away!
Needs to be more
Not enough
That's it . Definitely not fair.
Actually 22 years with a mean earning potential around $50k is at least 1.1 million dollars, not to mention compensation for pain and suffering. He should get $5 million
Not enough
Is that all? He’s been ripped off again. Imagine incarcerated 22 yrs knowing you are innocent - and there will always be some who won’t believe it.
I am happy they gave him a good settlement but it cannot give him the time back he lost spending with his family.
Should be more
Pretty sure each state has a “salary” amount for each year a person is in prison. They know they suck and they can’t afford 100 million payouts for the god awful amount of these situations that’ll occur in such a biased and ineffectual system. Just an awful conclusion
That is not enough!
As they should! Whether Black White Hispanic Asian. When you fuck up you pay
That’s it? Give him 10 million!!!! This fuckin country I swear 🤦🏾♂️
$22,727.00 a year for being imprisoned for 22 years!! how about $15.00/hr x24hrs x365daysx22yrs = 2,890,800 million is more fair. DONT ACCEPT 3 MILLION. GOOD LUCK YOU POOR SOUL.
Just $500,000 what an insult?
This man deserves at least 50 million dollar pay out.
500k for his whole life...no amount of money can make up for 22 years of prison.
I'm sorry, even though $500,000 is a lot of money - but after 22 years and multiple trials that's it
seems a little light. but it is Mississippi. and they are a dirt poor republican run state.
Only $550,000 compensation for 22 years in Jail. Is this compensation or a slap on the face?
These stories never fail to piss me the hell off. Ten years!? Twenty years!? Whatever! This is a serious crime against humanity and should have a huge penalty attached to it. $500,000 for 22 years! This is unconscionable!
He deserves so much more. Mississippi is such a horrible state
How much would he have received if he were white?
Only $500,000? That figure should needs another zero...
They were probably happier giving money to their lawyers...and likely multiples of $500,000. A judge is ordering the state of Mississippi to pay $500,000 to a Black man who was wrongfully imprisoned more than 22 years and was tried six times.
thanks for this news
Not enough money 💰
Just $500K? Should have been a shit load more.
$500K? How about $20 million ? Fucking injustice .....
$500K? Give me a break it should be at least $50k a year he was locked up...
500k is all?
You shitting me you better add a couple more zeroes to this
Should be 500k a year
1 milli for each year award the man 22 million tax free
That's an insult
$500k seems like a gross under payment for decades of a man’s life.
500,000
I'd like to point out that this pay out is basically $2.50 an hour for being in jail for 22 years. What a load of crap.
That’s it? That’s all this poor man gets is $500,000? Uhmmm I don’t think so! Try adding a few more zeros.
That's $10.45/hr, 40 hours a week, for the years he was away. This is BULLSHIT
That's it... half a million for twenty two years.... That's bullcrap...
Wow $22,700 a year, they must think a lot of him.
That’s it!!!!
22k a year
He deserves more.
That money is nothing compared to all those years they took from him. Shameful
Too little $.
$500,000 for 22 years of his life? Try $500 million.
He should have gotten a 100 times that at least
Another proof that Capital punishment shall never be used ever in a civilized country !
22 years... $500,000 Years are going cheap these days.
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