A Kentucky sheriff who shot and killed a local judge last year may be preparing to claim an insanity defense when he stands trial. Ex-Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines's attorney indicated this week that his client's state of mind at the time of the shooting will be key to his upcoming trial. Just days before the shooting, the sheriff was questioned about one of his deputies allegedly s*xually assaulting jail inmates. An accuser in that case claimed that she was forced by a deputy sheriff to have sex in the judges' chambers for six months in exchange for staying out of jail. The lawyers now says the sherif feared that backlash from his deposition testimony caused him to fear that his or his family's lives were in danger. Read the full story on DailyMail.com #police #cops #crime #kill #news