The sheriff charged with murdering a Kentucky Judge Thursday was deposed in a lawsuit earlier Monday, alleging that the sheriff failed to prevent a deputy from repeatedly raping a female prisoner in the judge's office.

A Kentucky judge was shot and killed by the county sheriff after exchanging phones just before the shooting happened, according to a new report. District judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot dead after an argument with Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines,

Kentucky Sheriff Shawn M. Stines has been charged with murder in the first degree in the fatal shooting of District Judge Kevin Mullins.