Roof Allowed To Defend Himself

A judge will allow the suspect in a south carolina church shooting last year to defend himself in court.

Roof allowed to defend himself.

Us district judge richard gergel said 22 year old dylann roof s wish to be his own lawyer was unwise but nevertheless granted his request. A white man accused of killing nine black people at a south carolina church will be allowed to represent himself at trial a federal judge has said. Judge calls move unwise dylann roof told by judge his decision to act as his own lead attorney is unwise. Roof is representing himself in court against the advice of the presiding judge richard gergel.

The court will now select a jury from 512 potential jurors. And by doing so roof will likely go the way of other self represented defendants like joan of arc. That s a real challenge when somebody would rather be seen as sane and sentenced. If roof rigged the case against himself to cover up mental health issues adams said then the trial wasn t fair.

Dylann roof s unwise decision to represent himself was reluctantly accepted by the judge in the case richard gergel. If your roof is damaged contact a licensed florida roofing contractor for help. The florida building code dictates who may work on roofs and the florida roofing laws for when roofs may be reroofed repaired or replaced within or outside of high velocity hurricane zones. A judge on monday.

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