90s Crime Time on Instagram: "Flashback Friday 1987: 35 year old Lita McClinton was an attractive and intelligent woman. She came from an upper middle class family, and she was set on
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Jo Ann McClinton, the mother of murder victim Lita Sullivan, speaks to the jury during the penalty phase of James Sullivan's murder-for-hire trial in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Ga., on
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In Killing Color Podcast on Instagram: "🔪 Episode 25 : Lita McClinton 🔪 She was Buckheads sweetheart. She was also gunned down in her home and now we gotta see why! Find
![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 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](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2pe18ey/emory-mcclinton-center-father-of-lita-sullivan-talks-with-prosecutor-anna-green-left-while-sullivans-mother-state-rep-jo-ann-mcclinton-right-listens-monday-july-18-2005-in-atlanta-defense-attorneys-asked-the-georgia-supreme-court-to-bar-county-prosecutors-from-proceeding-with-their-death-penalty-case-against-sullivans-husband-james-sullivan-because-related-federal-charges-in-the-1987-killing-were-thrown-out-at-trial-in-1992-green-said-the-doctrine-of-dual-sovereignty-allows-for-state-and-federal-governments-to-prosecute-people-for-similar-crimes-she-said-the-key-is-the-crime-2pe18ey.jpg)
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
![Emory McClinton, right, the father of Lita Sullivan, is hugged by prosecutor Clint Rucker, center, and Carol Campbell, Rucker's mother, at the conclusion of millionaire James Sullivan's murder-for-hire trial at Fulton County Emory McClinton, right, the father of Lita Sullivan, is hugged by prosecutor Clint Rucker, center, and Carol Campbell, Rucker's mother, at the conclusion of millionaire James Sullivan's murder-for-hire trial at Fulton County](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2pd9nb4/emory-mcclinton-right-the-father-of-lita-sullivan-is-hugged-by-prosecutor-clint-rucker-center-and-carol-campbell-ruckers-mother-at-the-conclusion-of-millionaire-james-sullivans-murder-for-hire-trial-at-fulton-county-superior-court-in-atlanta-ga-tuesday-march-14-2006-sullivan-was-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-for-killing-his-estranged-wife-lita-sullivan-19-years-ago-ap-photoerik-s-lesser-2pd9nb4.jpg)