Tag Archives: Charleston Church Shooting

#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications Day 5

Posted on December 2, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The long-awaited federal death penalty trial of the white man charged with the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church is scheduled to get underway next week with the final seating of … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications Day 4

Posted on December 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Dylann Roof is highly intelligent and objected to his defense team raising recent questions about his mental competency, according to a judge’s newly unsealed order that allowed the accused Emanuel AME Church shooter to represent himself. U.S. District Judge Richard … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications continues

Posted on November 30, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man prosecutors accuse of gunning down nine black parishioners in a bid to start a race war showed no signs of a racial agenda Tuesday, taking a calm, businesslike approach to selecting a jury … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications

Posted on November 29, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Accused Emanuel AME Church shooter Dylann Roof got to work helping to pick the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies as he embarked on a risky legal strategy Monday, casting aside his top-flight defense team in favor … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial

Posted on November 28, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will act as his own attorney in his federal death penalty trial. Dylann Roof’s request Monday came against his lawyers’ advice, and U.S. District Judge … Continue reading →

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Jury selection begins in the #DylannRoof Murder Trial

Posted on November 7, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON — Jury selection in the trial of a white man accused of killing nine African-Americans begins Monday in Charleston, once again putting South Carolina and race relations in the South in a national spotlight. But in the case of … Continue reading →

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Jury selection begins for Dylann Roof death penalty trial

Posted on September 26, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Attorneys will will meet 320 potential jurors Monday as they whittle down a group of 3,000 to a dozen with six alternates. For the last week, attorneys for the government and for 22-year-old Dylann Roof, accused … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof writes alleged jail letter to fan of serial killers

Posted on July 15, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Accused mass murderer Dylann Roof is “doing fine” in the slammer but could use some reading material, according to a jail note he may have sent to a pen pal. The handwritten letter, which bears the signature of the South … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread |President Obama greeted by Confederate flag supporters

Posted on July 3, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

As the national conversation on the Confederate flag continues to unfold, some supporters of the flag took their message directly to the president of the United States by lining the route of his motorcade through Nashville on Wednesday. President Obama … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | White supremacist: Charleston ‘a preview of coming attractions’

Posted on June 29, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Dylann Roof refers to Harold Covington’s white separatist group, the Northwest Front, in his alleged manifesto. The rightwing sci-fi writer distances himself from the shooting, but his followers speculate if his work influenced Roof’s actions One of the shadowy figures … Continue reading →

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