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Barbed wire lines the high walls of the prison in Lowndes County, Georgia where death row inmates are held.
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Donte, left, and Donnell McMillan ride their bikes in Surrency, Ga. Warren King was sentenced to death for the murder of a convenience store clerk in the small community.
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Paint peels on the police station in Surrency where locals say they haven't had a police officer in several years.
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This is the convenience store where Warren King killed a store clerk. He was convicted and sentenced to death. King was represented in his trial by a state-appointed attorney.
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Attorney G. Terry Jackson was the state-appointed attorney for Warren King who was sentenced to death for the murder of a convenience store clerk.
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Cynthia Allen is in jail in Lowndes County, Georgia, sentenced to death for the fatal fire she started in a Valdosta, Georgia, flophouse.
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Cynthia Allen grew up in this housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana. When Allen was being sentenced for starting a fatal fire in a Valdosta, Georgia, flophouse, her past was not put before the jury.
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Inside the housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana where Cynthia Allen grew up. When Allen was being sentenced for starting a fatal fire in a Valdosta, Georgia, flophouse, her past was not put before the jury.
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Cynthia Allen is being represented in her appeals by attorneys in a state office charged with looking into how death penalty cases were handled. Those lawyers include, back row from left, Laura Wood, Boyd Young, Sam Dennis and Joseph Romond.
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Cynthia Allen meets with her daughters Daranisha, left, and Shantell for the first time in three years.
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