A DeKalb County jury found Casey Jones guilty of capital murder in the 2015 shooting death of a Henagar man.
Kenneth Shaw was shot and killed in his front yard in Henagar on Nov. 14, 2015. Jones and two other men were indicted on charges of murder, but the other two accepted plea deals for robbery, Asst. District Attorney Bob Johnston said previously.
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