THE LATEST: JUDGE AGREES WITH ROOF, NIXES PROSECUTOR EXHIBIT

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Jan 4, 6:01 PM EST


THE LATEST: JUDGE AGREES WITH ROOF, NIXES PROSECUTOR EXHIBIT


CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The Latest on the federal sentencing of Dylann Roof in the deaths of nine people at a South Carolina church (all times local):

6 p.m.

A federal judge has agreed with Dylann Roof that two pieces of evidence submitted by prosecutors shouldn't be introduced in court.

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel sustained a rare objection by Roof on Wednesday. It's not clear what the photos were of.

The objection came at the end of more than an hour of testimony by the Rev. Anthony Thompson, who cried as he talked about future plans he had made with his wife. Myra Thompson was one of the nine people slain by Roof during Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in June 2015.


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[George II]

1. A mere technicality, Roof will never live another day outside of maximum security.

[2naSalit]

2. Doesn't matter all that much...

he's been convicted, this is just to decide whether he gets a life sentence or the death sentence. I hope he gets life w/o parole and suffers handily in prison.

[Warpy]

3. Me too, and he will

He'll be adopted as a pet by the skinheads in there and I can't think of a worse fate for the murderous little weasel.

Isolation on death row for 15 years or so would be a lot kinder.

[Feeling the Bern]

4. I don't think he will have much of a problem once the AB takes him in.