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FRANKFORT (AP) - Defense lawyers for former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn may argue that he had a mental or emotional defect when his former fiancee was shot to death.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Nunn attorneys filed documents last week showing they intend to use expert testimony and other evidence of mental and emotional defects in Nunn's murder trial.

Nunn, the son of the late Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn, is scheduled to go on trial Aug. 1 for murder in the death of Amanda Ross, who was shot to death outside her Lexington home on Sept. 11, 2009. Prosecutors have the option of seeking a death sentence if Nunn is convicted.

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