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Kentucky sheriff held over fatal shooting of judge in court

www.bbc.com Kentucky sheriff held over fatal shooting of judge in court

District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed in his chambers after an argument, police say.

A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested after fatally shooting a judge in his chambers, police say.

District Judge Kevin Mullins died at the scene after being shot multiple times in the Letcher County Courthouse, Kentucky State Police said.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines, 43, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

The shooting happened on Thursday after an argument inside the court, police said, but they have not yet revealed a motive.

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I was seriously hoping that the title was poorly worded and a sheriff did not, in fact, murder a judge inside a courthouse. But what the actual fuck.
- Facebook says its cuz judge diddled sheriffs daughter
  
  Looking forward to facts tho
  
  I don't have Facebook but I did come across this
  
  According to The Associated Press, Stines gave a deposition Monday in a federal lawsuit stemming from allegations that a now-former deputy sheriff forced a woman to have sex with him in Mullins' chambers for six months, in exchange for keeping the woman out of jail. He pleaded guilty to rape and other charges earlier this year, The Mountain Eagle reported.
  
  Which is so messed up.
  
  Also, related to that deputy
  
  She also alleged that a male relative of Fields, who he introduced to her, also coerced her to have sex with him because he “had pull with the court.” She said that she talked to Fields on Facebook Messenger, but the other man never sent her any messages. He wasn’t charged because she had no proof.
  
  Adkins said she believes that man is still doing to same thing to other women because she went to court for a hearing on a charge of driving under the influence and saw him sitting in the gallery whispering to another female defendant with his arm around her.
  
  “He was right there in the courtroom, asking her to go out to dinner with him,” she said. “I felt physically sick.”
  
  I don't know what the hell is going on out there, but holy crap they have a lot of problems they need to address.
  
  Well, I can't blame him if she is underage. If that is the case, sheriff did his duty as a father and an officer of the law in order to uphold the law and do right by his kid, so long as the judge did violate the sheriff's child.
  
  Woodchipper feet-first for the lot of them, judicial firearm use is too kind.
Not being Able to MURDER Judges is WOKE!

-Law and Order Republicans!
- Another comment mentioned an accusation of diddling the sheriff's daughter. Even if that's demonstrably and unequivocally false, Republicans would latch onto that for their virtue signaling.
A bastard? In my police force?
- It's more likely than you think!™
Really couldn't find a different picture of the judge huh...

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