Stephen Roberts Nunn was born on November 4,1952 and is an American convicted murderer and former politician who served as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Family Services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
19 Facts About Steve Nunn
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In 2011, Steve Nunn received a life sentence without parole after pleading guilty to the murder of his ex-fiancee.
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Steve Nunn is the son of the late Kentucky Governor Louie B Nunn and First Lady Beula Cornelius Aspley Nunn.
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Steve Nunn graduated from Frankfort High School in 1970, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Transylvania University in 1975.
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Steve Nunn attended the University of Louisville School of Law, but did not graduate.
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In 1987, Steve Nunn bought into an insurance company in Glasgow.
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Steve Nunn later became a physician recruiter and consultant for TJ Samson Hospital.
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Steve Nunn ran unopposed in 1998,2000,2002, and 2004.
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Steve Nunn was an advocate for the Kentucky TeleHealth Network which he helped create with the passage of HB-177 and HB-112 in 2000.
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Steve Nunn unsuccessfully sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2003, finishing third to then-United States Representative Ernie Fletcher of Lexington, whom Steve Nunn then supported.
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On November 7,2006, after nearly 16 years as a state representative, Steve Nunn lost his bid for re-election to the Democrat Johnny Bell.
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Steve Nunn polled 5,572 votes to Bell's 6,371 ballots.
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In March 2009, Steve Nunn, 56, resigned his state position as deputy secretary for the Health and Family Services Cabinet after having been placed on administrative leave in February as a result of a February 19 assault in Lexington on 29-year-old Amanda Ross, his former fiancee, who had procured a protective order against him for domestic violence.
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That same day, Steve Nunn was found by police with his wrists slit in Hart County near the grave sites of his parents.
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Steve Nunn was arrested and taken to a hospital in Bowling Green, where he was in fair condition from the wounds, which were first considered to be self-inflicted.
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On November 10,2009, Steve Nunn was indicted on charges of murder and violating a protective order.
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The judge ruled Steve Nunn to pay $20 million for punitive damages.
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The judge commanded Steve Nunn to pay $23,000 for medical costs, $27,000 for funeral costs, $3 million for Ross's future earning potential, along with pain and suffering to Ross and to the estate at one million dollars.
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Steve Nunn wanted to bring more light to domestic-violence, under the title of Amanda's Law.