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Jury Selection Postponed in Trial of Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof
Jury selection in the trial of accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof was postposed by a federal judge Monday, USA Today reports. According to the report, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel needed to privately hear a motion filed by Roof’s attorneys earlier that morning. The move came just moments after Roof entered the courtroom.…
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Police Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Wants Change of Venue for Trial
The former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged in the death of a black motorist is asking the court for a change of venue in his state trial. The Charleston Post and Courier reports that attorneys for Michael Slager filed a motion Tuesday asking the court to move Slager’s state murder trial out of Charleston.…
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Potential Jurors Report for Jury Selection in Trial of Dylann Roof
Hundreds of potential jurors showed up to the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C., on Monday as jury selection began in the trial of a white man charged in the deaths of nine black churchgoers. Dylann Storm Roof, 22, is charged with 33 federal counts, including hate crimes and obstruction of religion, in the June 2015…
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Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter 'Self-Radicalized' Online, Prosecutors Say
Accused Charleston, S.C., shooter Dylann Roof “self-radicalized” online, adopting viewpoints that were reportedly acquired through material found online and elsewhere, federal prosecutors say, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, rather than adopting his beliefs “through his personal associations or experiences with white supremacist groups or individuals or others,” prosecutors say, Roof adopted his…
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Man Who Beat Up Dylann Roof Is Out on Bond
More than 18 months after his arrest, the man who assaulted Dylann Roof is out on bond—less than 48 hours after an online donation fund was set up in his name. According to court records, 26-year-old Dwayne Stafford, who was jailed on charges of strong armed robbery, assault and lying to police, was released Friday…
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Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof Attacked by Inmate
Accused Charleston, S.C., mass church shooter Dylann Roof was assaulted by a fellow inmate at the Cannon Detention Center in South Carolina while in the shower Thursday morning, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office confirmed, the Post and Courier reports. Roof, 22, who was medically evaluated at the detention center, was not seriously injured in the…
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Attorneys Argue Against 'Unconstitutional' Death Penalty for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter
Federal prosecutors are trying to obtain the death penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, who is charged with opening fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2015, killing nine black worshippers during their Bible-study session. Roof’s attorneys, however, are arguing that the death penalty is unconstitutional and that he therefore…
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Attorneys for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof Ask for Dismissal of Federal Case
Attorneys for Dylann Roof, accused of shooting nine parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., are calling the federal case unconstitutional and asking for those charges to be dropped, WCSC reports. The court documents, which were filed Tuesday, assert that the case against Roof should be handled by the state of South…
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Prosecutor Asks That SC Be Allowed to Hold Dylann Roof Trial 1st
A South Carolina state attorney is asking that the state be allowed to prosecute accused Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooter Dylann Roof before the federal government does, the Associated Press reports. Claiming that the state has primary jurisdiction over the case, 9th Judicial Circuit solicitor Scarlett Wilson, who will be prosecuting Roof for the state, said Tuesday that…
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Racist Seeking Racist: How the Internet Helped Create Dylann Roof
Before accused South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof one year ago walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where parishioners welcomed him into their Bible study, he was “locked in his room looking up bad stuff on his computer,” Paige Mann, Roof’s former stepmother, told Time. “Something on the computer drew him in—this internet evil.” Roof…