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Georgia Sheriff Charged in Murder of Successor
Loaded on July 15, 2002
by Lonnie Burton
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2002, page 11
In November 2000, DeKalb County (GA) Sheriff Sidney Dorsey was locked in a close re-election bid with political rival Derwin Brown. Brown defeated Dorsey in that contest, but Sheriff Dorsey, apparently unwilling to accept the will of the voters, allegedly decided to take matters into his own hands. Brown was ...
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Misconduct/Corruption,
Jail Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Prison/Jail Murders.
Location:
Georgia.
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