A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge was experiencing an "extreme emotional disturbance," his attorney said.

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Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP ...

A Kenton County Circuit Court Judge gave Steven Sheangshang a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Kentucky judge was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers, with the then-sheriff behind bars and charged with murder. The preliminary investigation indicates ...

A new sheriff is on the job in Letcher County, Kentucky as the former sheriff awaits trial for allegedly killing a judge inside his chambers.The shooting happened at the Letcher County Courthouse ...

The one-of-a-kind killing of a Kentucky judge, allegedly by the local sheriff, has shaken tight-knit Letcher County, leaving people baffled and... Why was a Kentucky judge killed? So far ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP; Letcher ...

− With former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines in court Tuesday, attendees at a hearing about the killing of District Court Judge Kevin ... in Whitesburg. Kentucky State Police ...

19 Three days before former Kentucky Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines allegedly killed a judge, he gave a deposition in a ...