S2 Update: SCOTUS Takes the Case

In The Dark

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🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Curtis Flowers' appeal. Now the justices will examine if District Attorney Doug Evans had a history of racial discrimination in jury selection. Support investigative journalism with a donation to In the Dark.

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0:00.0	This is Madeline Barron, host of In The Dark.
0:02.8	I'm coming to you late Friday night with a special update on some breaking news that happened just hours ago in the case of Curtis Flowers.
0:10.5	Friday afternoon, the US Supreme Court announced on its website that it will take Curtis Flowers' case,
0:18.0	that the court will hear Curtis' appeal and will decide whether his conviction should be overturned.
0:24.5	It's what lawyers call granting cert.
0:27.5	This decision by the court to take Curtis' case is extraordinary.
0:31.5	Every year, the Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions, often as many as seven or eight thousand.
0:37.5	And of that number, the court only takes about a hundred or so.
0:41.5	Often, the cases the court does take are ones it believes have national significance.
0:46.5	As soon as I heard the news, I called one of Curtis' lawyers on this appeal, a public defender in Jackson, Mississippi named Alison Steiner.
0:57.5	This is Alison.
0:59.5	Alison, it's Madeline Barron calling.
1:01.5	Oh, well, gee, you weren't the first person to call.
1:06.5	We're very excited.
1:08.5	I can imagine, do you mind if I just record real briefly with you?
1:12.5	Sure.
1:13.5	Okay, so yeah, this just happened.
1:16.5	So what did you think when you saw it?
1:19.5	I thought this is wonderful.
1:23.5	It is a tremendous moment.
1:26.5	Well, let's put it this way.
1:28.5	I've been practicing law for 43 years.
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