Convicted Charleston church shooter wants new penalty phase trial

South Carolina ETV and Public Radio commemorates the 10-year anniversary of Mother Emanuel AME tragedy - The MinorityEye

South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) will honor the 10-year anniversary of the 2015 tragedy at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

Dylann Roof's Attorneys Are Trying To Overturn His Death Sentence...Again

Source: Handout / Getty Attorneys for white supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof are still working at overturning the killer’s death sentence, which, of course, is more of a chance than Roof gave the nine Black people he shot and killed at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015. Since the day of that tragic, senseless and horrifically racist killing, Roof’s bids to vacate his death sentence have been rejected …

Attorneys for Dylann Roof file motion to vacate death sentence

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Attorneys for the man who opened fire at a Charleston church in 2015, killing nine members of the congregation, have filed a motion to vacate his sentence. The motion to vacate Dylann Roof’s sentence was filed in US District Court - South Carolina on April 17. Documents detail 18 claims, two of which have been redacted, as to why attorneys argue Roof’s death sentence should be vacated. Charleston attorney Jill E.M. HaLe…

Convicted Charleston church shooter wants new penalty phase trial

The man convicted and sentenced in the 2015 deaths of nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston is making a bid to avoid the death penalty.

Emanuel AME shooter Dylann Roof mounts new appeal on ineffective counsel

In a new federal petition filed April 17, Dylann Roof's lawyers are turning efforts to avert his execution on alleged deficiencies by trial attorneys and U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel.

Mother Emanuel AME shooter Dylann Roof files new motion to vacate death sentence

Attorneys for Dylann Storm Roof filed a motion Thursday to vacate or change his conviction and sentence due to alleged trial counsel failure and bias.