A former DeKalb County sheriff serving a sentence of life in prison for orchestrating the murder of his elected successor has died.
According to multiple news sources, Sidney Dosey died March 2 at the age of 86 while behind bars. Dorsey was convicted of malice murder after recruiting a group of men to kill new sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in 2000.
A summary of Dorsey’s case provided by Georgia Case Law states that from 1996 to 2000, Dorsey served as sheriff of DeKalb County. In 2000, Dorsey ran for re-election, but was forced into a run-off, and was subsequently defeated by his opponent, Brown. During the campaign, Brown began an investigation to uncover corruption that Dorsey had allegedly engaged in during his tenure as sheriff…