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Your visceral reaction to what happened in that church that i did, that i did something wrong, please don't put me to death even though i did deserve guilt. i did not deny that i did it, but i don't zesh death. that's going to be a very, very hard road to ho, though. his defense attorneys planted very, very good seeds. during their closing arguments in the guilt phase. they used phrases that alluded to him not being mentally stable, to him not having control over his emotions, control over his actions, in an attempt to try to make that jury say something is wrong with this person who should no...

If he represents himself and he has a sixth amendment right to do so, he could on cross examination confront the survivors as well as the family members of the people he murdered. >> right. that won't be good before the jurors deciding whether he gets the death penalty. >> that will alienate the jury. >> they will have no sympathy for him whatsoever. >> behind closed doors right now, the judge is holding a competency hearing. you may recall before the guilt phase he did the same thing, determined that dylann roof is competent to stand trial. is the judge doing it again before the penalty phase...

Witnesses. nor will he present any evidence to spare his life. let's bring in cnn correspondent nick valencia and legal analyst joey jackson, also a criminal defense lawyer. nick, i want to go to you first. you covered the murder trial. dylann roof had attorneys then, what happened? >> there's been plenty of drama surrounding his defense. before his trial began he said he wanted to represent himself for both phases of his trial but a week before his trial began he did an about face saying he only wanted to represent himself during the sentencing phase, not the guilt phase. it's something he re...

Lay out the vulnerability of the victims, substantial preparation and of course the dicey part of to your questions comes when the victims give their victim impact evidence. in the event he of course represents himself, let's be clear he changed his mind before in the guilt phase he said i want to represent myself, the judge said you know what, you should reconsider. he did. and his lawyers represented him. there is still time and the judge is giving him until the 3rd to change his mind again. the then question becomes, boris, in the event that the victim impact evidence is there, could he or ...

This jury, if you think a flash verdict came on the guilt phase, watch how fast they come back on death penalty. >> i will say one other thing, that is this, he said that he wanted to do this to start a race war. and you know, i think all of us should take notice of how that community, just the opposite, has come together. and been compassionate and have prayed and have for given and understood and so the reality is that at the end of the day, the race war did nothing of the sort. it brought that community together and really created a lot of love. >> right. joey and richard, thank you for joi...