The courthouse murder of Judge Kevin Mullins last Thursday highlights mounting dangers facing U.S. judges, with credible threats against the judiciary up by 185%,

The Kentucky sheriff who authorities say shot and killed a prominent district judge in his chambers after an argument between the two men last week is set to be arraigned in the case Wednesday.

A Kentucky judge whom authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought against opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug offenders.