Tag #Sheriff Shooting

What evidence from the surveillance footage and Stines' post-shooting statements directly contradicts the viability of his insanity defense?

On September 19, 2024, former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines fatally shot District Judge Kevin Mullins in his chambers. Surveillance video captured the event, and two former prosecutors assert that Stines' planned insanity defense is unlikely to succeed due to evidence suggesting he understood right from wrong during the act.