Attorneys for the man sentenced to federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation are set to formally argue that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Federal prosecutors want a stiff sentence for a friend of Dylann Roof who didn’t report Roof’s plans to kill black church worshippers in South Carolina. In court papers filed Monday, prosecutors said Joey Meek knew the full scope of Roof’s hatred and desire to start a race war by killing people inside an AME church in…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Documents from the federal trial of convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof have been unsealed. They reveal a psychiatrist’s finding that his mental disorders make it hard for him to focus, interact with others or express emotion. Roof’s two competency hearings were closed to the public over objections by media organizations including The Associated Press. Categories:…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Sentencing has been scheduled for a friend of the man sentenced to die for gunning down nine black parishioners during a Bible study in a South Carolina church. Court records filed Thursday show Joey Meek’s sentencing hearing is slated for February 28 in Charleston’s federal court. Meek pleaded guilty to lying to authorities and failing to…
With a panel of jurors recommending the death sentence for Dylann Roof, a federal court judge will finalize the process on Wednesday with a formal sentencing hearing.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prosecutors on Monday rested their case against convicted church shooter Dylann Roof. Roof, who is representing himself, called no witnesses and also rested his case. As family members told stories of found memories and pain Dylann Roof sat in the courtroom starring forward, showing no feeling or remorse. Before the prosecution rested there case the jury heard…
Prosecutors have called more than a dozen witnesses after a flurry of testimony on Thursday as jurors hear from family members of the nine people by Dylann Roof at Emanuel AME Church in 2015.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) WOLO)–— A second competency hearing Monday will bring us one step closer to knowing the fate of Dylann Roof but like much of this trial, there’s nothing routine about the hearing. The Sentencing Phase of the trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday. Jurors will decide Life in Prison without parole or the death penalty . Categories: Local…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A hearing scheduled for Tuesday in the Dylann Roof Sentencing phase will not take place. Originally Judge Richard Gergel scheduled the hearing after Roof failed to meet a deadline stating whether he would call a mental health expert during the sentencing phase. But Roof did let the judge know that he did not plan on calling any…
Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old accused of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, had a handwritten note in his car with the names of several churches on it, according to testimony today at Roof’s ongoing trial.
