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![Jo Ann McClinton, left, the mother of Lita Sullivan, meets with jurors Debra Klayman, right, and alternate Joy Manning after millionaire James Sullivan's murder-for-hire trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Jo Ann McClinton, left, the mother of Lita Sullivan, meets with jurors Debra Klayman, right, and alternate Joy Manning after millionaire James Sullivan's murder-for-hire trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta,](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2pd9n04/jo-ann-mcclinton-left-the-mother-of-lita-sullivan-meets-with-jurors-debra-klayman-right-and-alternate-joy-manning-after-millionaire-james-sullivans-murder-for-hire-trial-at-fulton-county-superior-court-in-atlanta-ga-on-tuesday-march-14-2006-sullivan-was-sentenced-for-life-without-parole-for-arranging-the-killing-his-estranged-wife-lita-sullivan-19-years-ago-ap-photo-erik-s-lesser-2pd9n04.jpg)
Jo Ann McClinton, left, the mother of Lita Sullivan, meets with jurors Debra Klayman, right, and alternate Joy Manning after millionaire James Sullivan's murder-for-hire trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta,
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Lita Sullivan's mother, state Rep. Jo Ann McClinton, right, and father, Emory McClinton, left, react as a jury convicts millionaire James Sullivan of murder for hiring a hit man to kill his
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