Charleston Church Massacre ~ Dylann Roof to act as his own Attorney

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Dylann Roof, Charleston Church Shooting Suspect, Can Act as His Own Attorney

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/dylann-roof-charleston-church-shooting-suspect-can-act-his-own-n689151


CHARLESTON, S.C. — A white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a Charleston church last year was allowed to act as his own attorney in his federal death penalty trial Monday.

Dylann Roof's request came against his lawyers' advice, and U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said he would reluctantly accept the 22-year-old's "unwise" decision.

Death penalty attorney David Bruck then slid over and let Roof take the lead chair.
The lawyers can stand by and help Roof if he asks.

The development came the same day jury selection resumed in the case.


The selection process was halted Nov. 7 after lawyers for Roof questioned his ability to understand the case against him. Judge Gergel's ruling last week cleared the way for Monday's process to begin anew.




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[Captain Obvious]

Trumps fault

[Peter1469]

That is going to be a very unhappy judge.

[exotix]

Trumps faulthttp://i66.tinypic.com/easj6h.jpg

[Cigar]

That is going to be a very unhappy judge.

But The Brothers are going to Love him Long-Time ... really Long

[FindersKeepers]

Oh for gawdsake. Why is it that the craziest of the crazies choose to represent themselves?

[Common]

He deserves the death penalty

[DGUtley]

Well, he has a fool for a client (and a lawyer).

[Bo-4]

Just wait - he'll at some point invoke TRUMP.

Inevitable Bay-Bee!!

:evil:

[Peter1469]

Just wait - he'll at some point invoke TRUMP.

Inevitable Bay-Bee!!

:evil:
Is this going to last for the next 8 years?

[Bethere]

Is this going to last for the next 8 years?

No.

[Peter1469]

We shall see.

[waltky]

Jury only took 3 hours to deliberate...
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Dylann Roof guilty of South Carolina church killings
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 - Dylann Roof, 22, is found guilty of the racially motivated killings of nine black church-goers in South Carolina.


A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina in a racially motivated attack. Twenty-two-year-old Dylann Roof was found guilty of federal hate crimes and now faces the death penalty. Jurors also found him guilty of obstructing the exercise of religion for those he shot after sitting with them in a Bible study. The attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shocked the nation. And it also reignited a debate about race relations and the flying of the Confederate flag.

Roof was photographed holding the battle flag, which was used by the South in the American Civil War and to many has become associated with the support of slavery. The tragedy led to the flag being removed from the South Carolina statehouse, where it had flown for 50 years. At a memorial service for the victims, President Barack Obama sang Amazing Grace and gave one of his most significant speeches on race. In a videotaped FBI confession, Roof was seen laughing and making sweeping gun motions as he described the attack. He told investigators he wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals.

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Roof said he carried out the massacre after studying "black on white crime" online, and chose a church because his victims would be unlikely to threaten him. As the verdict was read out, and all 33 counts were followed by "guilty", he stared ahead. Relatives of victims held hands and squeezed each other, while one woman nodded her head in affirmation as the clerk said "guilty" for each count. Jurors will reconvene next month to hear more evidence and decide whether Roof will receive the death penalty or life in prison.

Defence lawyer David Bruck conceded Roof committed the murders but said he was a suicidal loner who did not realise the full extent of what he had done. Moments after the verdict, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley released a statement saying she hopes the families of the nine victims, and the survivors, can find some peace. She pushed to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse, after the picture emerged of Roof embracing the flag.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38336701