Roof Jury Delayed

Jury selection was postponed in november 2016.

Roof jury delayed.

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. Roof is accused of. A judge has delayed the final stage of jury selection in the federal trial of dylann roof who s accused of killing nine people at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina. Gergel is currently holding a closed hearing on the matter that forced the delay.

District judge richard gergel just delayed jury selection telling that full courtroom that an emergency regarding roof had surfaced. 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. The federal trial for mass shooter dylann roof was set to begin today november 7. The jury selection process for the state trial was initially expected to start in june 2016.

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. It was delayed again in january 2017. 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. Roof comes off hotel in lake charles toggle header content.

In april 2016 the state trial was delayed to january 17 2017. But the state reports that u s. 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.