Prosecutor Doug Evans is resigning Friday, June 30, 2023, after more than 30 years as district attorney and four years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Flowers' final conviction because it found that Evans had excluded Black people from jury service. Evans tried Flowers six times in the 1996 killings of four people. AdvertisementHe unsuccessfully ran for a judgeship in 2022 and was not seeking reelection as district attorney this year in a north-central Mississippi district that covers seven counties. Mississippi dropped charges against Flowers in September 2020, months after Evans turned the case over to the state attorney general. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court ruling that led to Flowers’ freedom came after American Public Media’s “In the Dark” investigated the case.

Source: Huffington Post June 29, 2023 19:17 UTC