RadioOnFire.com - In 2015, a white supremacist named Dylann Roof fatally shot nine black church members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof was taken into custody and his trial began on December 7, 2016.
However, Roof eventually went on to tell the judge in the case that he planned on presenting no evidence to convince the jury that he shouldn't receive the death penalty for killing the church members in cold blood. This comes after the murderer let go of his original defense attorneys in the case. Roof did this after a jury convicted him of 33 counts of hate crimes along with obstruction of justice at the beginning of December. According to the L.A. Times, Roof told the judge he still plans on being his own lawyer even when the penalty phase of his trial kicks off next week. Despite his claims, Roof's former lawyer says he still has the ability to change his mind about bringing back attorneys until opening statements begin next week.
Source: latimes.com
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