Accused killer moves closer to trial as Mobile’s new ‘Rocket Docket’ takes shape

Court records show Deanta Dubose was release from prison on May 30, after previous convictions for attempted murder and first-degree robbery. Now, just months later, he’s facing a new murder prosecution and at the center of Mobile County’s push to speed up justice.

“No mother should have to grieve the pain. No mother,” Eva Kemp, mother of Vanol Lucky, said.

Dubose is accused of killing 22-year-old Vanol Lucky on September 3. During his preliminary and probation revocation hearing Tuesday morning, prosecutors say an eyewitness testified that a group of friends, including Dubose and Lucky, went to Gethsemane North Cemetery, where Dubose allegedly shot Lucky execution-style. After hearing the evidence, a judge sent the new case to a grand jury and fully revoked Dubose’s probation…

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