12 Years Later, Calaney Flowers is a Free Woman

Thirty-seven-year-old Calaney Flowers took a plea bargain when she appeared before Justice Derick Sylvester earlier today.  She pleaded guilty to manslaughter almost twelve years after she crashed into her ex-boyfriend, Lyndon Morrison, fatally injuring him.  In the wake of the deadly incident, Flowers was charged for murder and remanded to the Belize Central Prison.  She was eventually acquitted of murder and the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the verdict.  The Court of Appeal later ordered a retrial.  When Flowers appeared before the High Court along with attorney Leeroy Banner, she pleaded to the lesser charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years in prison.  But Justice Sylvester the five years that she was on remand and ordered that the remaining five years be suspended, concluding that after twelve years in the criminal justice system, Flowers will not re-offend.  With that, she was also able to walk out of court a free woman.