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Georgia Prisoner Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Guards Dies by Apparent Suicide
by Keith Sanders
Just ten days after being sentenced to death for the 2017 murders of two state prison guards, a prisoner was found unresponsive in his cell at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison on June 26, 2022. Guards performed life-saving measures, but Ricky Allen “Juvie” Dubose, 29, was pronounced ...
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