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deputy sheriff. The men – Johnny Lee Burns, Alphonso
Figgers, Johnny Frederick, Dave Roby Keaton Jr. and David Charles Smith Jr. – were convicted on May 6, 1971. All were sentenced to death or given life sentences, even though at least two of them were teenagers and had never previously
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store which, after standing over 50 years, burned in an accidental fire in 2016. Local hero Jill
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