''In The Dark'' to be Featured On CBS-TV's ''60 Minutes''
| RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, December 31, 2020 |
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 American Public Media |
CBS' "60 Minutes" will feature the podcast "In the Dark" in its Sunday, January 3, episode. The segment will tell the story of Curtis Flowers, a man tried six times for the same crime, and the role of the APM Reports' investigative podcast, which brought the case to national attention. The episode will feature interviews with members of the "In the Dark" team, as well as a deep look at the Flowers case and the podcast's impact.
"In the Dark"'s second season contributed to the overturning of Flowers' death row conviction. Over the course of three years and 20 podcast episodes, APM Reports journalists identified significant holes and misconduct in the investigation and prosecution of a 1996 quadruple homicide in Winona, MS. Flowers' most recent conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, 2019 in a decision that included reporting from the podcast.
When Flowers' bail hearing took place in December, 2019, excerpts of "In the Dark" were played in court. Flowers was granted bail in December, and earlier this fall, he became a free man when the State of Mississippi announced it would drop all charges and not seek a seventh trial.
The "In the Dark" team, which works within a larger team at the St. Paul-based APM Reports, is composed of host and lead reporter Madeleine Baran, managing producer Samara Freemark, producer Natalie Jablonski, reporter Parker Yesko, associate producer Rehman Tungekar, data reporter Will Craft, editor Catherine Winter, senior digital editor Dave Mann, senior digital editor Andy Kruse and Chris Worthington, the editor-in-chief of APM Reports.
