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Finish the celebration. we're kind of a partying family. it was my mom's birthday. i was like, i'm so proud of you. i told him, i said, i'm tired. i will just see you in the morning at breakfast and we'll continue. i'm thinking of going back to the house. he said, okay, that's fine. i'm going to sit here a while longer. he was talking to someone. and i'm headed on home. >> at about 11:00 p.m., brown drove home alone. he parked at the curb. phyllis was inside watching tv with robert crowder and her son, michael. michael saw derwin walk toward the house carrying roses and some christmas gifts. >...

Administration now needs to be interviewed and accounted for for their activities that evening. >> two grand juries were impanelled. one who investigated the charges of corruption in the former sheriff's office. the other, the murder of derwin brown. >> i can't speak to what's going on in the prosecutor's 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 brown's death, the case was at a standstill. >> the investigation was dead in the water. we kn...

The sheriff's race and with promising promotions to four of his deputies in return for the killing. >> did you do it? did you do it? >> innocent. innocent. >> two of those deputies, melvin walker and david ramsey, were also arrested. unable to crack the case for nearly a year, prosecutors agreed not to charge the other two admitted co-conspirators, patrick cuffy and paul skyers, with any crime related to brown's murder in return for their agreement to tell the whole story. >> we needed their testimony. as much as i hated it. but this was the type of crime that had no one come forward we would ...

Dorsey's private security firm and he was one of the deputies that derwin brown planned to fire. police had been watching cuffy for months. >> cuffy was, himself, kind of like a mini cult leader within the sheriffs office. when the police were able to fixate on cuffy, that led to them being able to see if they could solve the derwin brown assassination by making cuffy uncomfortable. >> the bond between cuffy and dorsey was very, very, very strong. cuffy describes it as a father/son relationship and that they would do anything for him, including commit murder. >> cuffy steadfastly said, i didn'...

>> 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 attempting to gain control -- regain control of that criminal activity. >> that south georgia jury convict...