Ricky Dubose sentenced to death

Execution date set for July 2022; appeal must be filed within 30 days

  • Denise Billue, sister of murder victim Sgt. Curtis Billue, hugs Putnam County Victim’s Advocate Kristen Dupree after the sentencing. COURT POOL COVERAGE
    Denise Billue, sister of murder victim Sgt. Curtis Billue, hugs Putnam County Victim’s Advocate Kristen Dupree after the sentencing. COURT POOL COVERAGE
  • 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
    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
    Now convicted of double murder and given the penalty of death, Ricky Allen “Juvie” Dubose seems to have become the youngest person currently on death row in Georgia. Dubose was awarded the capital punishment Thursday, June 16, in Putnam County Superior Court. Dubose shot and killed GDOC officers Sgt. Curtis Billue and Sgt. Chris Monica while traveling on a GDOC transport bus throu...

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