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SC high court hears 1st suit in monument protection law

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has heard its first challenge to the state law protecting Confederate and other historical monuments since it passed 21 years ago. Justices on Tuesday questioned not only if the entire Heritage…

Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Dylann Roof's attorneys argue the "delusional belief" of the man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should have meant he couldn't represent himself at trial.…

Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity

His attorneys argue the "delusional belief" of the man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should have meant he couldn't represent himself at trial. Attorneys for Dylann Roof told an appeals court Tuesday that Roof's theory that he'd be saved by white nationalists - but only if he kept mental health evidence out of his defense - should have shown his trial judge he wasn't competent.

Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments

The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation is making his appellate argument that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. Oral arguments in the case of Dylann Roof are scheduled to be held Tuesday before a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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