SC - Nine killed in Emanuel AME Church shooting, Charleston; Dylann Roof charged #2

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Charleston and the state of South Carolina will come together today to remember one of the the worst tragedies the Palmetto State has ever seen, as the state marks the one year anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Church Massacre.

Tributes will be held in the city and in other parts of the state Friday, chief among those events will be a 10 a.m. ceremony at the TD Ameritrade Arena (...)

http://www.11alive.com/news/nation-now/charleston-marks-anniversary-of-tragedy/247213757

 

[Everyday Grace]

Amid singing and prayer, a communitywide memorial service remembering the victims of the Charleston church shootings got underway Friday in a sports arena a few blocks from Emanuel AME Church.

As the service got underway, church leaders walked down the aisle to the stage as a choir sang. Later, the congregation sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." The stage was lined with pictures of the nine Emanuel AME victims, the words "Still Speaking from Eternity" above each picture.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/32247301/charleston-remembers-victims-on-church-shooting-anniversary

"Let all that you do be done in love," the church quotes Scripture in its message about the one year anniversary. It has embraced the Charleston community with that message.

The church will hold several services and events Friday in memory of the nine victims: Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, Rev. Sharonda Singleton, Cynthia Hurd, Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Ethel Lance, Susie Jackson, Myra Thompson and Rev Daniel Simmons Sr.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/17/us/charleston-mass-shooting-anniversary/index. html

(Link intentionally broken because the URL wants to auto-embed a video. Remove the space before "html" and it might work.)

 

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina has primary jurisdiction over the case of a man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year and thus should be allowed to prosecute him before the federal government does, a state attorney argued Tuesday.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/20...or.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

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Families of the nine victims slaughtered by madman Dylann Roof in a South Carolina church last year are suing the FBI over the clerical errors that allowed the accused killer to buy a handgun after a failed background check.

Even though he’d previously admitted to illegal drug use the 22-year-old was able to legally purchase the weapon used in the Emanuel AME Church slayings in Charleston.

Five survivors of the June 2015 shooting have launched legal action as well (...).

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...-families-survivors-sue-fbi-article-1.2696214

 

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Dylan Roof’s lawyers are seeking to dismiss the federal indictment against Roof, saying his charges exceed the authority of the federal government and are unconstitutional.

The request was filed on Tuesday by Roof’s defense attorneys.

Defense attorney Sarah Gannett argues that all 33 indictments against Roof should be thrown out because they assert federal jurisdiction in a case that should be left to South Carolina authorities.

http://wspa.com/2016/07/06/dylann-roofs-lawyers-seek-dismissal-of-federal-charges/

 

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A judge on Wednesday refused to “take up the state’s battle” and try Dylann Roof before federal authorities.

Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson denied a prosecutor’s request to move up the trial date, keeping the federal proceeding on track to begin Nov. 7, just ahead of the holiday season.

http://www.postandcourier.com/20160...set-states-dylann-roof-trial-before-feds-case

 

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http://abcnews4.com/news/emanuel-am...o-throw-out-death-penalty-as-unconstitutional

Accused Emanuel AME Church shooter Dylann Roof’s federal defense team is trying again to rule out death as a possible sentence for his alleged crimes.

In a 40-page filing Monday evening, Roof’s attorneys argued the death penalty is an unconstitutional form of punishment because the law governing capital punishment is flawed by a high rate of error, an arbitrary nature to which defendants are sentenced to death, and the years of delays that are designed to prevent errors but deny a timely process to execute someone.

 

[HastingsChi]

http://abcnews4.com/news/emanuel-am...o-throw-out-death-penalty-as-unconstitutional

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His lawyers are not wrong.

Who is paying for his defense?
This isn't exactly the type of challenge that a public defender has the time or resources to handle.

 

[GeeEm]

August 1, 2016
11:22 PM UPDATED

Dylann Roof case: Defense lawyers file challenge to federal death penalty


Roof is accused of shooting participants of a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, known as Mother Emanuel, in downtown Charleston on June 17, 2015. Among the victims was the church's pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who also was a state senator.
Roof, a high school dropout, was captured in North Carolina the day after the shootings. He had told investigators he wanted to start a race war.

Legal basis for challenging federal death penalty

"The facts of this case are indisputably grave," Roof's defense team stated in its motion to strike the death penalty. "But if, as we contend here, the FDPA [Federal Death Penalty Act] is unconstitutional, no one can be lawfully sentenced to death or executed under it, no matter what his crimes."

Roof's lawyers wrote that they sought to raise "only questions related to the death penalty" stemming from the "government's decision to seek the defendant's execution rather than accepting his proffered pleas of guilty and willingness to accept multiple sentences of life imprisonment without possibility of release."

His lawyers said that if federal prosecutors removed the death penalty, "Mr. Roof will withdraw this motion and plead guilty as charged to all counts in the indictment."

They outlined several reasons against the federal death penalty calling it "unconstitutional punishment" and that such "arbitrary, cruel and unusual punishment" violated both the Fifth and Eighth Amendments.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/us/dylann-roof-death-penalty-challenge/index.html



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This article is from CNN News however I can't link the site.

 

[Elley Mae]

I hope the Federal Prosecutes stick to the DP for this murderer.

 

[borndem]

I hope the Federal Prosecutes stick to the DP for this murderer.

So do I. What that ~ person ~ did is the very definition of Death Penalty. He declared it on those good people acting on his own authority alone.

 

[HastingsChi]

I hope the Federal Prosecutes stick to the DP for this murderer.

Yes it's good that in the entire world just 5 nations, all known as bastions of freedom and leaders in human rights, were responsible for 88% of executions last year. Those 5 humanitarian leaders are: China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran and the United States.

 

[Dogface]

Yes it's good that in the entire world just 5 nations, all known as bastions of freedom and leaders in human rights, were responsible for 88% of executions last year. Those 5 humanitarian leaders are: China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran and the United States.

I was unaware that China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran were bastions of freedom and human rights.

 

[bluesneakers]

I was unaware that China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran were bastions of freedom and human rights.

Obviously they are not. You must have missed the sarcasm. Comparing the USA's stats to those of the countries listed makes quite a statement, doesn't it?

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Just heard on News4Jax that Dylann has been attacked in prison. I'll look for a link.

Found a link: http://www.news4jax.com/news/national/accused-charleston-church-shooter-dylann-roof-beaten-in-jail

 

[Ray_of_hope]

[video=cnn;us/2016/08/04/dylann-roof-assaulted-in-prison-baldwin-sot-nr.cnn]http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/04/us/south-carolina-dylann-roof-beaten/index.html[/video]
CNN's report on this link.

 

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Two lawyers with long records of death penalty defense have joined the legal team of accused mass killer Dylann Roof.

Roof is facing the federal death penalty in the June 2015 killings of nine African-Americans at a historic downtown Charleston church.

The lead attorney is still nationally-known death penalty expert David Bruck, who practiced more than 20 years in South Carolina before setting up an anti-capital punishment project center in Virginia.

Details at the link

 

[YESorNO]

The Post and CourierVerified account ‏@postandcourier 23h23 hours ago
Documents filed to seal evidence in Dylann Roof’s federal trial http://bit.ly/2b2rHDW #chsnews #CharlestonShooting

Documents filed to seal evidence in Dylann Roof’s federal trial

"...The federal trial is set for Nov. 7..."

http://www.postandcourier.com/20160...o-seal-evidence-in-dylann-roofs-federal-trial
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Federal judge in Dylann Roof case seals jury questionnaires, orders hearing on evidence

http://samtyson.sharedby.co/share/TDXzJ5
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Mike HayesVerified account ‏@michaelhayes 3h3 hours ago
In a few weeks, Dylann Roof will have a closed-door hearing on whether certain evidence will be admissible at trial

 

[GeeEm]

August 23, 2016

Dylann Roof 'self-radicalized' before church massacre, feds say

Roof, 22, is charged in the June 2015 deaths of nine black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church. He also faces a possible death sentence if convicted of murder charges in state court.

Authorities have long said they believed Roof was the author of an online manifesto in which he embraced Confederate symbols and talked about white supremacy. Handwriting analysis experts are expected to testify that he wrote another similar document while jailed after his arrest.

In another filing Monday, prosecutors disputed earlier arguments made by Roof's attorneys that the death penalty is unconstitutional and should therefore be removed as a possible punishment if he's convicted in federal court.



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/2...icalized-before-church-massacre-feds-say.html

 

[Dogface]

I know his lawyers have to try to get him off, but, does anyone give a rats behind they think it's unconstitutional to put him to death for the murder of NINE people who welcomed him into their church and who he murdered simply for the color of their skin?!! I know I don't.