Final yr, Kentucky District Decide Kevin D. Mullins was shot useless in his chambers. Shortly after the photographs had been fired, then-Sheriff Mickey Stines walked out of chambers, surrendered to the police and defined that “They’re making an attempt to kidnap my spouse and child.” He’s understandably been the highest suspect for the homicide ever since. The native Kentucky killing made nationwide waves for a number of causes. One, you not often hear of sheriffs capturing judges. Second, the decide was accused of working a intercourse ring out of his courthouse the place girls had been coerced in to having intercourse to get diminished sentences.
Stines pleaded not responsible to the homicide of a public official. Earlier than the trial begins, he and his authorized group try to get the loss of life penalty off the desk. WCYB has protection:
A movement has been filed by the protection for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines in hopes of avoiding the loss of life penalty…Within the courtroom submitting, the protection needs a listening to to find out if Stines has a severe mental incapacity or severe psychological sickness.
You’ve gotta respect due course of and there’s no disgrace in attorneys going for any colorable argument that would assist their shopper, however shouldn’t any severe mental disabilities or psychological diseases have been sussed out throughout his time as a sheriff? Particularly if stated situations made him liable to, I don’t know, allegedly capturing individuals useless in broad daylight? Possibly they only do issues in another way in Kentucky.
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