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Bartley suggested that murder was not the appropriate charge because the shooting came at a time of “extreme emotional disturbance” for his client.
The extreme emotional disturbance is because he was accused of not properly training and supervising his deputy... who raped a woman in the judge's office.
While you'd think an adult (the deputy) would know that they shouldn't rape someone, the sheriff is the one who deputized him, and is responsible for giving him power in the community.
There's also this:
The detective also testified that Stines tried calling his daughter on Mullins’ phone and his own phone just before the shooting. Investigators found no weapon on Mullins or in his chambers, the detective said.
In another article it said that wasn't the only time the judge's number had called the sherrif's daughter
This is Lechter County, it's where a special was filmed about Appalachian poverty back in the 60s. Like, modern stereotypes of hillbillies are literally based on these families. The Mullins' were one of the first family's there, this wasn't just any judge, it was a judge from one of the families who's ran this county for over 200 years, and not just any county, one of the poorest in the nation.
Occam's razor and all, but I've had my eye on this one for a while now. Some crazy shit is liable to come out of this, there's a lot of skeletons hidden in hollers.
And there's a very good chance the judge and sheriff were both wildly corrupt.
there’s a very good chance the judge and sheriff were both wildly corrupt
About the same chance as the sun coming up tomorrow, I'd wager.
I saw a reddit post claiming the shooting was because the judge was fooling around with the sheriff's daughter. That also fits the stereotype I guess.
Sounds like he's gun'n for a cabinet position.
Oh no, extra-judicial executioner faces judicial execution.