Images from Season 6 of the AJC's Breakdown podcast

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Photos from the AJC podcast, “Breakdown: A Jury of His Peers,” which details the trial of Nick Benton, from the perspective of the 12 jurors.

Police cars are parked near a Burger King on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway on April 24, 2016 in response to a double homicide. (AJC file)

Reginald Coicou was one of two men killed in a Burger King parking lot on Donald Lee Hollowell Drive on April 24, 2016. This image of Coicou was taken from a Kickstarter page asking for donations for his burial. (Family photo)

Surveillance video from a Valero service station shows two men, first Quincy Wytche and then another man, said by police to be Nicholas Benton, approach a Pontiac at the pumps. Police say that the two men were involved in a fatal shooting that occurred witht the same car soon after at another location near the Valero. (Atlanta Police Department)

This image shows the assumed trajectory of the bullet that passed through the back seat of the Pontiac Bonneville and into the car's trunk. (Atlanta Police Department)

An image of Reginald Coicou from the supplemental report on the murders of Coicou and Quincy "Fat" Wytche, from the supplemental report by the Atlanta Police Department.

An image of Quincy "Fat" Wytche from the supplemental report on the murders of Wytche and Reggie Coicou, from the supplemental report by the Atlanta Police Department.

An image of Carlton Redding from the supplemental report on the murders of Reggie Coicou and Quincy "Fat" Wytche, from the supplemental report by the Atlanta Police Department.

An image of Nicholas Benton from the supplemental report on the murders of Reggie Coicou and Quincy "Fat" Wytche, from the supplemental report by the Atlanta Police Department.

Citizens of Fulton County summonded for jury duty line up at the Fulton County Courthouse. Some of the potential jurors would be selected for the trial of Nicholas Benton. (Kevin Riley / kriley@ajc.com)

Judge John Goger presided over the murder trial of Nicholas Benton in Fulton County Superior Court. (BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM)

AJC Editor in Chief Kevin Riley, right, records an episode of the "Breakdown" podcast with host Bill Rankin, left. In season 6 of "Breakdown," Riley tells the story of a double-homicide case in which he served as jury foreman during the murder trial.

Nicholas Benton enters the courtroom in a blue jumpsuit for his sentencing hearing in Fulton County Superior Court. (BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM)

Senior Assistant District Attorney Cara Convery at the sentencing hearing for Nicholas Benton, convicted of murder in Fulton County Superior Court. (BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM)

Florell Jean-Pierre, the mother of Reggie Coicou, gives an emotional speech at the sentencing hearing for Nicholas Benton, convicted of murder in Fulton County Superior Court. (BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM)

Vonda Benton, the mother of Nicholas Benton, addresses the judge during the sentencing hearing for Nicholas, convicted of murder in Fulton County Superior Court, as defense attorney Gerald Griggs stands to the left. (BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM)

'Breakdown' host Bill Rankin and AJC Editor Kevin Riley attend the sentencing hearing for Nicholas Benton, convicted of murder in Fulton County Superior Court. (BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM)

AJC Editor Kevin Riley talks with defense attorney Gerald Griggs after sentencing hearing for his client Nicholas Benton, convicted of murder in Fulton County Superior Court. (BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM)

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Police cars are parked near a Burger King on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway on April 24, 2016 in response to a double homicide. (AJC file)

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