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This story has a way to go yet. Maybe the sheriff was doing everyone a favor? Minimum sentence?
 
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It’s Letcher County. It makes Harlan look like a thriving metropolis. Letcher is as close to a 1950s small county that you’ll get modern day.

Rumors have it that the daughter is one of many victims.




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It was on Twitter last night, the story is the Judge was raping the Sheriff's daughter...

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1836937860210958590



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I doubt the shooter is counting on a lack of indictment or jury nullification. If that happens, expect the feds to get involved for violation of the judge's civil rights.

He's going to jail and he knows he's going to jail. You can't murder a judge in the courthouse and then just walk away.

The shooter knew the consequences and apparently has accepted them.

Furthermore, despite all these rumors, at this point we don't really know what happened. The story may change entirely when the facts are revealed.
 
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the story is the Judge was raping the Sheriff's daughter...



Forceful rape, or statutory rape due to her age?


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Most likely "compelled" or "under duress," which would most likely reduce the Sheriff's punishment somewhat, but not change the charge or verdict.
 
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isn't using deadly force to prevent a felony lawful?
 
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Probably not, unless caught in the act.


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Blind rage perhaps, who knows why people do these things, you'd think as a Sheriff he'd have taken several deputies with him, and called all the TV crews in the area and perp walked the Judge out in handcuffs for all to see, arrested for statutory rape, have a press conference.
 
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arrested for statutory rape,


That's why I asked what I did, because what the judge was doing was not statutory rape.


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isn't using deadly force to prevent a felony lawful?

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Another twist:

"Butler and Mullins "for many years were married to a pair of sisters," and are the uncles of each other's children, Butler said. Butler's children called Mullins "unkie," he said."

"As a brother in law, I will never forget how kind he was to my children," he said. "It seemed that he had maybe endless patience for kids. He found them entertaining. He loved them."

https://www.usatoday.com/story...updates/75303511007/

Why did the commonwealth's attorney recuse himself?

Officials have said an investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said his office would collaborate with the Commonwealth's Attorney for the 27th Judicial Circuit, Jackie Steele, to investigate the shooting.

Letcher County Commonwealth's Attorney Matt Butler said he will recuse himself from the case because of his "close personal relationship" with Mullins, and his "close professional relationship" with Stines, according to a video shared on Facebook.

Butler said his entire staff would also be recused because one of his staff members was in the district court suite at the time of the shooting, and would "likely" be a witness in the case.

Butler and Mullins "for many years were married to a pair of sisters," and are the uncles of each other's children, Butler said. Butler's children called Mullins "unkie," he said.

"As a brother in law, I will never forget how kind he was to my children," he said. "It seemed that he had maybe endless patience for kids. He found them entertaining. He loved them."

Butler said he worked closely with Mullins for years on "opposite sides of the courtroom." While Butler served as the public defender, Mullins was the commonwealth's attorney, he said.

"We fought hard for our respective sides in court and tried cases against each other before he was the judge, and never had a disagreement outside of that courtroom," he added.

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I can see a mental disease/defect defense, Sheriff went into blind rage without appreciation for the wrongness of his actions. If the rumor mill is true.
 
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Sounds about right for a tiny backwoods county.

Prosecutor and public defender are brothers-in-law. Prosecutor gets elected judge and public defender gets elected prosecutor. Judge's bailiff gets elected sheriff. Etc. Etc.
 
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Man you post some stupid shit. You do realize she's a minor, right?

How naive are you? Name a 17 year old out there, anywhere, who doesn't know what she's doing. I don't care if she's legally a minor or not. It makes no difference. Unless it was not consensual, I'll stick with my comment.


I assume every 17 year old you have ever known always makes rational, adult, and sensible judgments about their behavior? And needs no protection, especially from older people who may take advantage of their naivete and inexperience if not compel them to act against their own interest?




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arrested for statutory rape,


That's why I asked what I did, because what the judge was doing was not statutory rape.


How so?


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I can see a mental disease/defect defense, Sheriff went into blind rage without appreciation for the wrongness of his actions. If the rumor mill is true.


That isn't the way insanity defenses work. Ya'll watch too much TV.




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arrested for statutory rape,


That's why I asked what I did, because what the judge was doing was not statutory rape.


How so?


If she was compelled or coerced, it is not just statutory rape. (And we don't know, it is just an answer to the hypothetical.)




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If she was compelled or coerced, it is not just statutory rape. (And we don't know, it is just an answer to the hypothetical.)


Right. But it's at minimum statutory rape, correct? That is, if the rumor mill is true. Because we obviously don't know what's what at this point.


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arrested for statutory rape,


That's why I asked what I did, because what the judge was doing was not statutory rape.


Not sure we know enough to make any determination, or even if the sexual situations actually happened at all.

Just for edification:

The age of consent in Kentucky is 16 years old. This means that anyone 16 or older can legally consent to sexual activity. However, there are some restrictions on who a 16 or 17-year-old can have sex with:

Age Restriction 16 or 17

Cannot have sex with anyone more than 10 years older than them, unless they are legally married to each other

Kentucky does not have Romeo and Juliet laws, which are exemptions for consensual sex between minors who are close in age. This means that anyone who has sex with a minor under 16 can be charged with statutory rape, even if it was considered consensual. The severity of the penalty depends on the age of the minor.

Kentucky also has a law that prohibits marriage for anyone under the age of 18, except for 17-year-olds who can petition a court for permission
 
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