COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Federal Prosecutors announced Tuesday they will seek the Death Penalty against accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof. In a statement released to ABC Columbia News Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch says “Following the department’s rigorous review process to thoroughly consider all relevant factual and legal issues, I have determined that the Justice Department will seek the death…
Charleston, S.C. (WOLO) — After being delayed four times, a hearing date has been set for accused Charleston Church Shooter, Dylann Roof. When the hearing takes place later in June one of the topics will focus on whether or not Roof with face execution for the shooting massacre a Emmanuel A-M-E church. Click here to find out the latest. Categories:…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Defense attorneys for Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man accused of killing nine black parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church, say they will allow state prosecutors to conduct their own mental evaluation of Roof. In a hearing last month, the solicitor’s office asked to conduct its own mental evaluation of Roof to rebut…
Judge JC Nicholson /WCIV CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina judge on Wednesday delayed until next year the state death-penalty trial of Dylann Roof who is charged with killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston church in June of 2015. Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson granted a request by Roof’s defense lawyers who provided documents saying a doctor needed two…
Dylann Roof/WCIV CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Attorneys for Dylann Roof are asking a judge to delay his trial in state court so they can spend more time preparing his defense against a death sentence. Defense attorneys Ashley Pennington and William McGuire did not offer a new date for the trial to begin. Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said her office…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Judge Richard Gergel told government prosecutors Tuesday that time is running out for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to decide whether the government will seek death for accused church shooter Dylann Roof. After hearing from federal prosecutors that Lynch had not yet decided after a bar meeting last term, Gergel warned that further delays could forfeit their…
A federal judge is holding hearings in two cases stemming from the Charleston church shooting.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston police are investigating a threatening voicemail left at Emanuel AME Church. According to police, the message left on the church’s phone system was: “Hey guys, this is Dylann. I’m coming back for round two. I’m just kidding, that actually wasn’t Dylann Roof.” Roof was charged with killing nine parishioners of the church in June and…
