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Supreme Court rejects Dylann Roof's bid to disqualify trial judge
Original: Supreme Court ends Charleston church shooter’s bid to disqualify trial judge
The US Supreme Court declined to hear Dylann Roof's challenge to the judge who presided over his federal death penalty trial for the 2015 massacre of nine Black churchgoers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof had argued the trial judge should have been disqualified over comments made during proceedings. The decision leaves his convictions and death sentence in place while remaining appeals continue.
Why now: The Supreme Court's refusal ends a notable chapter in the high-profile case of the Charleston church massacre, renewing attention to Roof's death sentence.
Dylann RoofUS Supreme CourtEmanuel AME ChurchCharlestonSouth Carolina
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