EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prisoner convicted of killing two guards during an escape from a prison transport bus five years ago has been sentenced to die.
A jury on Thursday agreed unanimously on a death sentence for Ricky Dubose in the June 2017 shooting deaths of Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue, news outlets reported.
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The jury, last Monday, found him guilty of charges including murder.
A second prisoner charged in the killings, Donnie Rowe, was convicted of murder in September.
A judge sentenced him to serve life in prison without parole after jurors couldn’t agree whether he should be sentenced to death.