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Kentucky sheriff charged with killing judge faced lawsuit

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge in his chambers Thursday was embroiled in a legal case before the deadly encounter. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines gave a deposition this week in a lawsuit accusing him of failing to investigate sexual abuse allegations involving one of his deputies.
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