Ricky Dubose

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Dubose hangs himself in prison; GBI investigates

Lynn Hobbs

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Ricky Dubose, who was sentenced to death in Putnam County Superior Court on June 16, ended up spending only 10 days on death row. Dubose apparently hanged himself to death in his cell on Sunday, June 26, according to authorities.

No longer wearing a dress shirt and tie as he did throughout the trial, Ricky Dubose, far right, is shackled and in prison garb as he is escorted out of Putnam County Courthouse to be taken to the Georgia Department of Corrections’ Special Management Unit in Jackson. He is led by Putnam County Sheriff Howard R. Sills as well as Sgt. Bob Rogers and Deputy Chris Donovan. COURT POOL COVERAGE

Ricky Dubose youngest person on death row

Lynn Hobbs

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Now convicted of double murder and given the death penalty, Ricky Allen “Juvie” Dubose seems to have become the youngest person currently on death row in Georgia. Dubose was awarded the capital punishment on Thursday, June 16, in Putnam County Superior Court.

Defendant Ricky Dubose watches opening statements in Putnam County . COURT POOL COVERAGE

Dubose death penalty trial underway in Eatonton

Lynn Hobbs

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Five years after the slayings of two Georgia Department of Corrections officers, the death penalty trial of Ricky Dubose began Wednesday, June 1, in Putnam County Superior Court After two full days of testimony, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Alison T. Burleson announced on Friday,...

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