CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Jurors in the Charleston church shooting trial have viewed dashcam video from two police cruisers showing the apprehension of Dylann Roof. Roof was arrested in Shelby, North Carolina, on June 18, 2015, the day after authorities say he killed nine black parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church. Roof is charged with 33 federal…
Jurors will see what a federal court judge describes as a “very graphic” scene inside the basement of Emanuel AME Church through photos taken minutes and hours after nine people were gunned down during a bible study session last year.
The federal death penalty trial is set to begin for 22-year-old Dylann Roof, who authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) —From our ABC affiliate- Dylann Roof’s federal hate crimes trial will move forward. The 22-year-old Eastover man was declared competent on Friday. Jury selection in the trial has been delayed for three weeks as Roof’s attorneys filed for him to undergo a competency evaluation. In an order signed Friday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel said jury…
CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO)– A Federal Judge has delayed a competency hearing for Dylann Roof until Thursday. Judge Richard Gergel issued a ruling saying the psychologist examining Roof won’t finish a report until Tuesday. The mental competency hearing is now set for Thursday. Roof is accused of killing nine black church members at Emanuel AME in Charleston back in June of…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A federal judge wants the defense and prosecution each to provide a list of potential witnesses as jury screening begins in Dylann Roof’s trial stemming from the Charleston church shootings. In a Tuesday order, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said he wants the list included on a questionnaire to determine if potential jurors know any witnesses….
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A closed hearing on suppressing evidence in Dylann Roof’s trial in the Charleston church shootings resumes later this month. The 22-year-old Roof faces hate crimes and other federal charges in the June 2015 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in which nine parishioners were killed. His defense attorneys want some evidence kept out of his November trial…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A judge is considering whether Charleston church shooting defendant Dylann Roof should go to trial in state court before his federal trial. His state trial on murder charges is currently set for January but prosecutor Scarlett Wilson wants the state to try Roof before his November federal trial on hate crimes and other counts. Circuit Judge…
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…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The families of some of the nine people killed in a South Carolina church are suing the FBI. Their lawsuit accuses the federal government of errors that enabled Dylann Roof to buy the .45-caliber handgun used in the June 2015 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Federal officials didn’t immediately return an email. FBI Director…
