A Mississippi judge rules that Curtis Flowers is eligible for bond after six murder trials that either resulted in hung juries or overturned convictions
A black man, Flowers is accused of capital murder in the killing of four people inside a furniture store in Winona, Mississippi.Judge Joseph Loper set Flowers' bail at $250,000. Defense attorneys had requested a bail of no more than $25,000, while prosecutors requested bond be denied.If Flowers can post the money, he will have to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet while he waits to learn if he will be tried a seventh time. Prosecutors allege that Flowers stole a .
Monday's argumentsDefense attorney Rob McDuff repeatedly cited prosecutorial misconduct in his Monday arguments and further accused Evans' office of a"pattern of favors" in securing testimony against Flowers. Among them is an instance in which a man -- with"a criminal record a mile long" -- was accused of aggravated assault against a police officer, he said. The man was granted bail, McDuff said.
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