THE TRIAL OF DYLANN ROOF

[BigMark]

Unless the jury was sequestered the footage they released the last few days didn't seem constitutional. Don't get me wrong I believe he is guilty just doesn't seem fair.

[HairOfTheDog]

Roof was read his Miranda rights and knew full well anything he said can and would be used against him in a court of law.

And, he received due process and a fair trial with a jury of his peers.

There is no constitutional issue with showing interrogation and confession tapes at trial, Biggie, and sequestering the jury is rarely done and is also not a constitutional matter.

So, what the heck are you talking about? Did you just read that comment somewhere and figure it sounded good, or do you really think there was some constitutional issue that doesn't seem fair? If the latter, explain a bit so we can consider your beef.

[BigMark]

Before the verdict, they showed video of him target shooting and posing with nazi flags and entering the bible study class on the news.

[HairOfTheDog]

And?

He confessed to doing all of that, which, reasonable people would argue, isn't as bad as shooting to death 9 people in a church. He also confessed to the 9 murders and to the fact that he was a white supremacist driven to kill black people.

Since Roof was charged with a hate crime, obviously, evidence of the hate and the crime was shown to the jury during the trial (and...........the news covered it, but the jury was not allowed to watch such news, same as any other trial).

So...............what seems unconstitutional and unfair, Biggie?

[BigMark]

Unless the jury was sequestered..., because just telling people not to watch the news is bullshit.

[HairOfTheDog]

There were no constitutional or fairness problems, Biggie, you knucklehead.

Sometimes sequestering the jury is needed and sometimes not. This is a case where it definitely was not.

It was the guilt phase of an uncontested confession to mass murder for reasons of racial hate; a formality to get to the sentencing phase, really.

And, the evidence of the hate and the crime was was all laid out for the jury. So, even if you think jurors ignored their admonition, they didn't see anything on the news that wasn't presented in court.

[Maggot]

He has no lawyer, no appeal...........next week, off with his head. Finish.

[HairOfTheDog]

The Sentencing Phase

Prosecutors opened by reading a note that Roof wrote in jail after his arrest. It stated that he was not remorseful and had no regrets about killing 9 black people. He stated that he felt sorry for white kids who have to grow up in this sick society and for innocent white people who have to live among the inferior race.

Roof also noted that he had shed some tears of self-pity for his plight, explaining that he did what had to be done and that the situation with black people should never have been allowed to exist in the first place.

Prosecutors told the jury they may call up to 38 witnesses in the Sentencing Phase, most of whom are victims' family members. Roof filed a motion objecting to so many such witnesses giving emotional testimony; he doesn't believe that's fair.

Dylann Roof then made his opening statements. It was the first time the jury heard from him in-person. He did not speak during the Guilt Phase of his trial (though the jury did see/hear tape of his confession).

Roof told the jury that he was not mentally ill. He told them he would not lie to them, directly nor through a legal representative. He does not appear intent on cross-examining any of the prosecution's witnesses or presenting any evidence on his own behalf.

The Sentencing Phase is expected to complete by the middle of next week. After the jury decides whether Roof will live or die in this hate-crime federal trial, Roof faces trial for the murder charges with a possible death sentence by the state of South Carolina.

Refs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/us/dyl....html?_r=0

[SIXFOOTERsez]

Time to cut that chickens head off

[Duchess]

Off with his head!

[HairOfTheDog]

Roof was sentenced to death by the jury in his federal hate crime trial yesterday.

[Duchess]

Does this mean he'll be eligible for social security before he's sent straight to the fires of Hell?

[Carsman]

Just hurry it up and Fry the SOB already, and save the taxpayers tons of $$$$!

[HairOfTheDog]

Does this mean he'll be eligible for social security before he's sent straight to the fires of Hell?

It's gonna be many many years before he's executed, if the death penalty isn't abolished in this country before then.

He's now been convicted and sentenced to death in federal court for hate crimes.

He still faces trial (unless he chooses to plead guilty) in South Carolina for 9 murders, with the death penalty possibly in play there as well.

So, no matter what, there will be several appeals and lots of tax-payer $$$$ spent on this dipshit before he dies.

[Duchess]

So, no matter what, there will be several appeals and lots of tax-payer $$$$ spent on this dipshit before he dies.

I regret that cheeky comment a little. No matter what, I do actually believe we have the best legal system there is and we are lucky to have it. I don't always think that in the heat of the moment though.

[HairOfTheDog]

The amount of time, resources, and taxpayer dollars spent on death penalty prosecutions is really effin' frustrating, that's for sure.

[F.U.]

With any luck he wont make it to his execution date. Unless he is kept in P.C. I don't see him living that long.

[Maggot]

He's meat. That's all right now. He's used all his Karma. I have a happy place in my heart knowing he will always be dragging those shackles every day. I don't even know him.