COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Defense lawyers for Dylann Roof said the Charleston church shooter was adamant about not being ruled mentally impaired because it might prevent him from getting a high government position if white nationalists took over the country. A judge Tuesday unsealed hundreds of pages of documents concerning Roof’s mental status. They included a letter from Roof to…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A federal judge in South Carolina says he wants to close a hearing next month to consider a defense request to keep some evidence out of the trial of Dylann Roof in the Charleston church shootings. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel issued an order Tuesday setting a Sept. 1 hearing in the case. Categories: Charleston Church…
Charleston, SC (WOLO)– Accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof was assaulted in jail Thursday, say authorities. Roof was beaten in the shower area by another inmate according to the Sheriff. Roof was beaten in the head and body and suffered minor injuries, say deputies. An inmate has been named in the assault but will not face charges at this point….
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Attorneys for the man charged with killing nine people at a Charleston church are challenging federal prosecutors’ intention to seek the death penalty against him. Lawyers for Dylann Roof argue in a motion filed Monday that the death penalty and federal death penalty law are unconstitutional. Their motion asks that a judge declare the death penalty…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The white man accused of killing nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church wants the federal charges against him dismissed. Attorneys for Dylann Roof argued in court papers filed Tuesday that the nearly three-dozen charges against Dylann Roof should be thrown out in part because they infringe on a case that is best argued in…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A prosecutor is asking that the state trial of the man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in a Charleston church be held before his federal trial. In a request filed in state court Tuesday, state prosecutor Scarlett Wilson argued that the state has primary jurisdiction in the case. Currently, a federal trial for Dylann…
Rev. Dr. Betty Deas Clark CHARLESTON, S.C. (WOLO) — The first permanent pastor of Emanuel AME Church, where nine parishioners were killed a little more than a year ago during a Bible study, has been reassigned. According to the Post and Courier, Reverend Berry Deas Clark moved to a church in Georgetown Tuesday. The move comes after just five months at…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A memorial service Friday at the College of Charleston TD Arena featured prayer, song, Governor Nikki Haley, and a message from President Barack Obama. A presidential aide read a message from the president and the first lady. President Barack Obama said that the nation is deeply moved by what he calls “the boundless love and unshakable resilience”…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Today Charleston and South Carolina will gather for a moment of silence to remember the one year anniversary of the Charleston Church Shooting at Emanuel AME Church. A Memorial service is taking place in Charleston and the TD arena, where family members of victims, friends, state and local leaders will gather. Today marks one year since nine…
A federal judge is holding hearings in two cases stemming from the Charleston church shooting.
