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>> and the jury could not wrap themselves around understanding why these people would do such a horrible act. >> nor could the jury believe patrick cuffy, an admitted liar, or find a clear motive for the murder. >> cuffys story deserved skepticism anyway because he conveniently flipped on sid dorsey when he got into trouble. >> how could anyone kill a sheriff-elect for nothing more than a promotion in a sheriffs department? >> now the four men accused of carrying out the assassination were free ...

Said, were all promised promotions for killing brown. >> it was a very demented understanding and very irrational. but he believed that there would be a special election in which he could retake his office. >> full weight of the evidence against these two guys brought in the conspiracy that sid dorsey ordered it, brought in patrick cuffy, who was their star witness. and presented a case that i thought was a slam-dunk against these two guys. >> but it was not a slam-dunk to the jury. >> we, the j...

Unrelated to the murder and thats when he wants to come talk to us. >> j. tom morgan went in the back room. cuffy went into the back room. cuffys attorney went into the back room. and the hearing was delayed. and several hours later, cuffy flipped. >> prosecutors agreed not to charge cuffy and another former deputy sheriff, paul skyers, in return for their testimony against dorsey and two others. >> mr. dorsey, did you have anything to do with this? >> the day after cuffy flipped, former sheriff...

For their activities that evening. >> two grand juries were impanelled. one who investigated the charges of corruption in the former sheriffs office. the other, the murder of derwin brown. >> i cant speak to whats going on in the prosecutors head or primarily what his motives are. my statement to you is that i am not guilty of any form of corruption and i had absolutely nothing to do with the murder of derwin brown. >> nine months after browns death, the case was at a standstill. >> the investig...

Unemployed as an officer. >> so the family sued dekalb county for wrongful death. >> they used county vehicles and county time to assassinate my father. >> the georgia court of appeals found the county was not liable. >> because dorsey was acting outside the scope of his employment as sheriff when he had derwin assassinated, the citizens of dekalb county and the state of georgia are not liable for his criminal actions. >> one month before she died, the u.s. supreme court refused to hear phyllis ...

Convict the others. >> the indictment charged melvin walker and david ramsey with murder. walker for shooting brown and ramsey, who also worked at ex-sheriff dorseys private security firm, for being the armed lookout ready to kill anyone who intervened. >> walker was the triggerman. and skyers got rid of the gun. and cuffy drove the getaway car. >> cuffys plea changed everything. >> i will accept your plea of guilty as to counts 12, 13 and 14. >> the trial in the state murder case against ramsey...

It all on patrick cuffy. >> no evidence that sidney dorseys involved and then telling a murderer, we know youre involved, but youll walk out of here if you say the name sidney dorsey. >> the only person who had the motive to kill derwin brown is none other than sidney dorsey, himself. >> and through it all sat phyllis brown, the final witness. >> im sorry. i looked to my left on the ground, and derwin was lying there. >> then j. tom morgan asked her one final question. >> did you ever hear from ...

Then came the case for murder. one of dorseys friends testified dorsey told him that derwin brown would never assume the office of sheriff. >> he made the statement, words to the effect that derwin brown would never assume the office of sheriff, that there would be a special election. first there would be an interim sheriff appointed. there would be a special election. he would enter the race and he would win. >> co-conspirator paul skyers described the murder weapon which he said was dismantled...

The governor signed a special exception allowing phyllis brown to collect $75,000 in law enforcement widows benefits. that is all the family has ever received. >> all that public service after a case like this, its time to try something else. >> former d.a., j. tom morgan is now in private practice. >> the case aged all of us because from the moment derwin was assassinated until dorsey was convicted, that was two long years, we lived and breathed that case every day. >> and morgan got a chilling...