Hired killers get life terms for assassinating new sheriff in Georgia

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-sheriff22.html

ATLANTA -- Two men were sentenced to life in prison Monday in the assassination of a sheriff-elect who was gunned down on orders from the man he defeated at the polls.

Melvin Walker and David Ramsey were convicted in August on federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Prosecutors said they were promised jobs and perks to kill incoming DeKalb County Sheriff Derwin Brown.

Election foe convicted earlier

Brown was ambushed and shot at least a dozen times in front of his home in December 2000, just days before he was to have succeeded Sheriff Sidney Dorsey. Suspicion immediately fell on Dorsey, who was later convicted of plotting the murder and is serving a life sentence.

Prosecutors said that Walker, the suspected triggerman, was promised a promotion to deputy sheriff if he helped kill Brown. Ramsey, the alleged backup shooter, was promised a job as a detention officer, they said.

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1. southern justice in all its gory glory.

And now Florida will have a Shoot First, ask questions later law?
These guys could have gotten off the hook with a Georgia version of that law.

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2. This reminds me of that law they're seeking to pass in Iowa

or in one of the Dakotas. Not sure which, but it's a midwestern state.

The law would create some sort of independent commission which would punish judges for making "bad" judgments.

When I read about that law, it occurred to me that we might one day end up like, say, Colombia, where judges have to sometimes wear hoods because otherwise people will have them assassinated.

And here we have another case where a public official was assassinated.