By Associated Press
Frankfort, KY – Former Kentucky state Representative Steve Nunn has been placed in protective custody after being threatened by another inmate at the Fayette County jail, where he is awaiting trial on a charge of murdering his former fianc e. Nunn wasn't injured, but Captain Darrin Kelly says federal inmate Marshall Dewayne Williams threatened to hurt Nunn during a minor standoff Monday with corrections officers. Nunn was beaten up by an inmate May 9 while the two were playing basketball. Kelly says Nunn was moved to protective custody after the second incident. Nunn, the son of the late Gov. Louie B. Nunn, is charged in the 2009 death of Amanda Ross, who was found shot outside her home.