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>> paul skyers testified that derwin brown was assassinated to pave the way for sidney dorseys comeback. the four co-conspirators, he 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 witnes...

That justice did prevail. so it was emotionally draining. im glad i had the experience. not many lawyers in their career have an experience like that. and it was rewarding in the sense that at the end, justice did prevail. it was a bumpy road to get there and not a road that i would want to travel again. >> on december 15th, 2006, an ailing phyllis brown led a candlelight remembrance at derwins grave. it was the sixth anniversary of the shooting. nine days later, on christmas eve, phyllis brown ...

An ambulance. people just could not believe it. >> and it was just holy smokes, how did that happen? >> 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 promoti...

Were it not for a huge tactical mistake that sid dorsey, himself, made, he could be walking the streets right now. >> it is widely believed that had dorsey decided to be tried in dekalb, he may have easily been acquitted, like walker and ramsey. >> dorsey was still a popular, well-known figure in dekalb county. and i think a dekalb county jury would have been very skeptical of the evidence against him. >> im going to be in prison on the outside, but ill be free on the inside. >> before his sente...

>> this was not a domestic. this was not a botched robbery, this was an assassination. who would want the sheriff elect assassinated? >> brown had been preparing to shake things up at the jail, secretly meeting with the district attorney swapping stories about corruption by outgoing sheriff, sidney dorsey. >> i just had dinner with derwin a week before he was murdered, and then to see him later in the morgue right before the autopsy started was one of those images i will never forget. >> the kil...

It. >> and it was just holy smokes, how did that happen? >> 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...

Derwin brown was assassinated to pave the way for sidney dorseys comeback. the four co-conspirators, he 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...

And it was rewarding in the sense that at the end, justice did prevail. it was a bumpy road to get there and not a road that i would want to travel again. >> on december 15th, 2006, an ailing phyllis brown led a candlelight remembrance at derwins grave. it was the sixth anniversary of the shooting. nine days later, on christmas eve, phyllis brown died of heart failure at the age of 52. coming up -- this was not the end. the world would hear from former sheriff sid dorsey again. with an a+ cred...

>> dorsey was convicted of 12 of 15 counts of murder, racketeering, violation of the oath of office and eight counts of theft. >> as to count three, guilty. as to count four, not guilty. as to count five, not guilty. as to count six, guilty. >> phyllis and robert brown collapsed in an embrace. >> count eight, guilty. as to count nine, guilty. >> we were able to show that he was using the sheriffs department as an organized crime, if you will, and that by assassinating derwin brown, he was attemp...

>> 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 ...