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White convicted in sheriff's slaying Death sentence to be sought for drug dealer By Bill Estep SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU SOMERSET - A drug dealer looking to install an ally as the county's top cop helped plan the stunning assassination of Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron, a jury ruled yesterday. Today, the prosecutor will seek a death sentence for Kenneth White. After four days of testimony, the jury of eight women and four men deliberated less than an hour yesterday before convicting White, 56, of complicity to murder Catron. Lewis Catron, brother of the slain sheriff, pumped an emphatic thumbs-up. During...

More specific details have emerged about the days leading up to the assassination of Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron in a story published in the July 6 edition of the Los Angeles Times. Reporter Eric Slater, a Times staff writer, spent time in Somerset gathering information for a story titled “Chasing Shadows in Kentucky.” Slater reported that Jeff Morris, the candidate who was challenging Catron for the sheriff’s seat, was one of the faces in a crowd of 350 who were mingling at the Shopville-Stab Volunteer Fire Department on April 13 when the popular sheriff was gunned down. Catron was...