Roof Jury Delayed

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Roof jury delayed.

Roof reappeared in state court on october 23 2015 before nicholson. The jury selection process for the state trial was initially expected to start in june 2016. Gergel is currently holding a closed hearing on the matter that forced the delay. Jury selection was postponed in november 2016.

It was delayed again in january 2017. Roof is accused of. The federal trial for mass shooter dylann roof was set to begin today november 7. The most rigorous phase of jury selection one in which prospective jurors would be questioned individually was scheduled to begin monday but was postponed suddenly by gergel that morning after.

In april 2016 the state trial was delayed to january 17 2017. The judge also refused a request from roof s lawyers that if the trial was not delayed he should extensively question the 67 people in the jury pool before jurors are selected and warn the jury. Roof comes off hotel in lake charles toggle header content. District judge richard gergel delayed the final stage of jury selection monday saying a motion from roof and his defense team required his immediate attention.

A judge has delayed jury selection in the trial of dylann roof the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during bible study at a charleston s c. Wciv a day after jury selection was postponed in dylann roof s federal hate crimes trial court officials said the process would be put off for weeks while the 22 year old eastover man undergoes a competency evaluation roof is charged. District judge richard gergel just delayed jury selection telling that full courtroom that an emergency regarding roof had surfaced.