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How can one man be tried six times for the same crime?

Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime. For more than 22 years, he’s maintained his innocence, winning appeal after appeal. But every time Flowers’ conviction has been reversed, the prosecutor tried the case again. Reporters from American Public Media spent two years investigating the Flowers case to find out what the evidence really shows, and why the same prosecutor has tried the case again and again.

In the Dark: Punishment

Factual: Crime & Justice

24/08/2019 GMT

Punishment

BBC World Service - In the Dark, Punishment

How reliable is the prosecution’s star witness?

How reliable is the prosecution’s star witness, a jailhouse informant named Odell Hallmon?

Odell Hallmon, the state's star witness in the Curtis Flowers case, is serving three consecutive life sentences for murder. We wondered what he might say now that there are no deals to cut, and he will spend the rest of his days in prison. Would he stick to the story he told in court – that Flowers had confessed to the Tardy Furniture murders? We wrote him letters and sent him a friend request on Facebook. Weeks went by and we heard nothing. And then, one day, he wrote back.

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