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This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2017 shows convicted murderer Robert Henry Veal. The state Supreme Court vacated Robert Veal’s no-parole sentence for murder, rape, armed robbery and other charges at 17, emphasizing that such sentences should be permitted only for the “rarest of juvenile offenders.” (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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CORRECTS SOURCE TO GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN SIGNOFF- This photo combo shows an undated photo by the Georgia Department of Corrections Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shows inmate Ricky Dubose, left, and Donnie Russell Rowe. Authorities say Dubose and Rowe escaped after killing two prison guards during a bus transport in Georgia. Both are being sought by law enforcement. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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CORRECTS SOURCE TO GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN SIGNOFF- This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shows inmate Ricky Dubose. Authorities say Dubose and inmate Donnie Russell Rowe escaped after killing two prison guards during a bus transport in Georgia. Both are being sought by law enforcement. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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CORRECTS SOURCE TO GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN SIGNOFF- This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shows inmate Donnie Russell Rowe. Authorities say Rowe and inmate Ricky Dubose escaped after killing two prison guards during a bus transport in Georgia. Both are being sought by law enforcement. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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This photo combo shows an undated photo by the Georgia Department of Corrections Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shows inmate Ricky Dubose, left, and Donnie Russell Rowe. Authorities say Dubose and Rowe escaped after killing two prison guards during a bus transport in Georgia. Both are being sought by law enforcement. (Georgia Department of Law Enforcement via AP)

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This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shows inmate Donnie Russell Rowe. Authorities say Rowe and inmate Ricky Dubose escaped after killing two prison guards during a bus transport in Georgia. Both are being sought by law enforcement. (Georgia Department of Law Enforcement via AP)

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This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections Tuesday, June 13, 2017, shows inmate Ricky Dubose. Authorities say Dubose and inmate Donnie Russell Rowe escaped after killing two prison guards during a bus transport in Georgia. Both are being sought by law enforcement. (Georgia Department of Law Enforcement via AP)

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FILE - This undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows Georgia inmate J.W. Ledford Jr. Ledford used his final moments to quote from the movie "Cool Hand Luke" and toss out an insult. It was one of the more unusual statements made by a Georgia death row inmate in the final moments. Strapped to a gurney that's tilted toward the witness seats, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement.(Georgia Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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In this undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said in a news release Wednesday, April 26, 2017, that 45-year-old Ledford, a death row inmate convicted of killing a 73-year-old doctor, is scheduled to die May 16 at the state prison in Jackson, Ga. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows death row inmate Kenneth Fults. Georgia is preparing to execute Fults who shot a woman to death during a burglary in 1996 as his lawyers ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider arguments that a juror who imposed the sentence was motivated by racial bias. Kenneth Fults was scheduled to die by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Jackson. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)