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Editorial: Justice has been served, but no punishment restores the Dixon family's loss
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Hall County Sheriff's Office Deputy Nicolas Blane Dixon. - photo by Hall County Sheriff's Office
Nothing done in a courtroom in recent weeks could satisfactorily address the profound loss that came from the senseless killing of Deputy Nicolas Blane Dixon two years ago. But the sentencing to prison of three of those responsible for his death helps move one of the saddest chapters in the community’s recent history a step closer to some sort of closure, imperfect though it may be.