Okay.

We are back in Winona, Mississippi.

We haven't been here in a while.

This has been a while.

I'm Madeline Barron, and this is a special update episode of In The Dark.

I had come to Winona with our producer Natalie Gibonsky to cover a hearing in Curtis Flowers' case.

It was the first hearing since the conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court,

and it was the first time that Curtis Flowers would be appearing in open court since he was sentenced to death in 2010.

The hearing was to decide whether Curtis would get out on bail,

while he waited to see whether the prosecutor, Doug Evans, would try the case again.

We're here for either the latest procedural development in a 20-something-year-old case,

or we're here for Curtis getting out of jail.

Could be like the biggest thing that's happened to Curtis in a very long time,

or like another disappointment.

All right, should we go on jail?

I think it might be a time.

On Monday morning, Natalie and I showed up early at the Courthouse in Winona.

This way?

This way.

It can be extremely hard to get bail in a capital case.

Partly because judges often worry that if a defendant is facing death,

they might not show up for court if they're let out.

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