Shawn 'Mickey' Stines, a former Sheriff, could face the death penalty if convicted on the murder charge.
A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted this week in connection to the fatal shooting of a judge earlier this year.Who Is the Former Sheriff?Shawn 'Mickey' Stines, the former sheriff of Letcher County, Kentucky, was indicted on a charge of murdering a public official, prosecutors announced. Authorities allege that on September 19, Stines entered District Judge Kevin Mullins' chambers in Whitesburg, Kentucky, engaged in a brief conversation with the judge and then opened fire.
Whitesburg is located 146 miles southeast of Lexington.Last month, a courtroom watched video footage of the judge's killing during a court hearing. The video, which lacked audio, showed a man identified by police as Stines drawing a gun and shooting the judge as he sat at his desk. The man then walked around the desk, aimed at the judge—who had collapsed to the floor—and fired again. Several people in the gallery sobbed as the footage played.
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