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S2 E20: Curtis Flowers

2020/10/14
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Madeline Barron: 本播客深入调查了卡蒂斯·弗劳尔斯案,历时三年,采访了近百人,包括律师、证人、陪审员、家人、调查员、政客和当地居民。最终,在Curtis Flowers被撤销所有指控几周后,我们采访了他本人。本集将回顾整个案件的始末,以及Curtis Flowers在狱中和获释后的经历。 Curtis Flowers: 我在监狱里度过了23年,经历了六次审判,每一次都面临着死刑的威胁。检察官Doug Evans利用各种手段,包括排斥黑人陪审员,来操纵审判结果。许多证人作伪证,而我却无能为力。我母亲一直支持我,直到她去世。获释后,我感到如释重负,但仍然对过去所经历的一切感到悲伤和愤怒。 Curtis Flowers: 我在狱中目睹了其他死囚的悲惨遭遇,包括自杀和被处决。这让我更加珍惜自由,也更加渴望一个平静的生活。我母亲一直是我的精神支柱,她的去世让我非常悲痛。虽然我最终获得了自由,但我仍然对过去所经历的一切感到心痛。我仍然不明白为什么这一切会发生在我身上。 Madeline Barron: 本案中,检察官Doug Evans的行为令人质疑,他多次利用排除黑人陪审员的方式来操纵陪审团构成,这体现了严重的种族歧视。此外,一些证人的证词存在明显的虚假成分,这些证词在多次审判中都被使用,对Curtis Flowers的定罪造成了严重的不公正。 Madeline Barron: Curtis Flowers在狱中收到了大量的支持信件和照片,这让他在孤独的监狱生活中感受到一丝温暖和希望。他的家人一直坚定地支持他,这对于他坚持斗争至关重要。

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Madeline Barron finally gets to talk to Curtis Flowers after years of investigation, setting up a safe environment for their conversation amidst COVID-19 precautions.

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During three years investigating the Curtis Flowers case, we’d talked to nearly everyone involved: lawyers, witnesses, jurors, family members, investigators, politicians, and many, many people around town. But there was one person we hadn’t yet interviewed — Curtis Flowers. That is, until one day in early October, a few weeks after he’d been cleared of all charges. For the final episode of Season 2, we at long last talk to the man at the center of it all.

See photos of Curtis Flowers on Instagram).