COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–With the guilty verdict in the Government’s case against Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, it now comes down to the federal sentencing. Roof, who has elected to represent himself in an effort to avoid the death penalty, will make his case to the jury who will ultimately decide if he is placed on death row. Roof has stated…
CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO)– The Dylann Roof Penalty Phase is set to start January 3, 2017. Roof was found guilty Thursday on all 33 Federal counts in the murders of nine black church members at Emanuel AME. Our Gabrielle Franklin has the updates from court. Categories: Local News, News, State Tags: roof
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Federal Judge Richard Gergel announced Thursday that opening statements in the Dylann Roof trial will begin Wednesday, December 7. Jury selection continued Thursday ahead of the opening statements in the death penalty trial. Roof has chosen to represent himself. Roof is accused of shooting and killing nine black church members at Emanuel AME back in June of 2015…
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, S.C. (AP) – The laborious process of jury selection is getting underway in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the deaths of nine black parishioners gunned down during a Bible study at a Charleston church. The 22-year-old Roof is charged with hate crimes, obstruction of religion and other counts in the June…
