{
  "id": 12934252,
  "title": "Curtis Flowers, Black man whose conviction was thrown out after 22 years in U.S. prison, dead at 56",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/curtis-flowers-black-man-whose-conviction-was-thrown-out-after-22",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T18:51:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/curtis-flowers-obit-death-penalty-conviction-thrown-out-9.7374451"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/curtis-flowers-a-black-man-whose-death-sentence-was-tossed-by-supreme",
        "published": "2026-10-08T17:06:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Curtis Flowers, wrongfully convicted man who was on death row, dies at 56",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/curtis-flowers-wrongfully-convicted-man-who-was-on-death-row-dies-at",
        "published": "2026-10-08T19:16:40.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}