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Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity
In 2017, Roof became the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime.
Credit: Charleston County Detention Center
Dylann Roof Published: 4:09 PM EDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 25, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. His attorneys argue the “delusional belief” of the man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should have meant he couldn t represent himself at trial.
Dylann Roof is on federal death row for the 2015 slayings of nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. In 2017, Roof became the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. Authorities have said Roof opened fire during the closing prayer of a 2015 Bible study session at Charleston s Mother Emanuel AME Church
Prosecutor wants expert opinions before making decision on charges in SC jail death
Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said that she intends to bring justice to the family of 31-year-old Jamal Sutherland Author: WLTX, Michelle Liu Associated Press Published: 3:22 PM EDT May 19, 2021 Updated: 3:22 PM EDT May 19, 2021
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. A South Carolina prosecutor says she is seeking outside opinions after reviewing official reports on the January jail death of a man with mental health issues.
Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Tuesday that she intends to bring justice to the family of 31-year-old Jamal Sutherland.
Back on January 5, 2021, deputies say Sutherland died in custody at the Charleston County Detention Center. In the recordings released last week that include body cameras, deputies are seen deploying stun guns repeatedly and kneeling on the man’s neck and back, before he stops moving.
A South Carolina sheriff has fired two deputies who were with Jamal Sutherland when he died in custody at the Charleston County jail earlier this year.
Pathologist: No âunusual or excessive interactionsâ during incident involving deputies, inmate
Pathologist: No âunusual or excessive interactionsâ during incident involving deputies, inmate By Ray Rivera | May 11, 2021 at 4:52 PM EDT - Updated May 17 at 4:10 PM
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A pathologist looking into the death of a Charleston County inmate while in the custody of deputies at the county jail said there were âno unusual or excessive interactions or areas of direct concernâ when the deputies were removing the inmate from a cell.
The findings were part of a statement released by Solicitor Scarlett Wilson on the death of James Sutherland who died on Jan. 5 at the Charleston County Detention Center. Her statement revealed more information on the incident as well as the current status of the investigation.