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A federal judge has just found the shooter from the charleston church kcompetent to stand trial. that means jury selection will resume monday in his hate crime trial. it had been halted so he could undergo a competency evaluation. this young man is facing 33 federal charges related to the june, 2015, shooting deaths of nine people inside that historic mother emanuel ame church. all of the victims were african-american including the church's political active pastor, the reverend clemente pinckney. they were murdered in the middle of bible study as their eyes were closed in prayer in a case that...

Insanity is about the state of mind at the time of the crime was committed. competency is about a present ability to undergo trial. that's what the judge is evaluating. >> the competency evaluation was completed before the jury selection. is that typical as well? >> very typical. the issue of competency has to be decided before you proceed to trial. as soon as a jury is sworn in, double jeopardy attached so this is resolved at pre-trial deciding whether or not a defendant is presently unable because of a mental disease or defect to understand the proceedings or help his attorney. that has to b...

Said he had been hearing voices recently. this goes back to the question we ask often after these type of events, the overlap of mental illness and this pledge to terror. how does a defense attorney approach that? i think we have learned how the state approaches it. how would you reach that? >> well, the first step in any case where i'm concerned about my client's mental condition is i will have a competency evaluation done. and that is easy to do, even if it's a public defender, you can get the state to pay to forit. a doctor will interview him and try to determine if he knows the difference ...

Woman. now his lawyers are asking for his competency to be evaluated before a new trial on sexual abuse allegations. a hearing scheduled on that matter today. if a competency evaluation is granted, it could delay the sex abuse trial along with the sentencing phase of his murder conviction. the sentencing already on hold as his lawyers are asking the judge to grant him a brand new trial. saying a federal inmate lied on the stand when he gave testimony about macneil confessing to the crime. doug burns, a former prosecutor, lis wiehl is a fox news legal analyst. a lot of twists and turns of the l...

There that has never said something that they wish they could take back, if you're out there, please, pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me, please. i want to meet you. i want to meet you. i is what i is and i'm not changing. >> paula deen on the today show. let's get some latest on some of the other stories we're following. randi? >> ariel castro was back in court on wednesday where a judge ordered a competency evaluation. he's facing hundreds of charges for allegedly holding three women captive in his cleveland home for years. he's in jail on $8 million bond. ...