Judge: Roof competent to face a death penalty trial

ABC6 News

By: News Staff

The Associated Press

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge in South Carolina has ruled that Dylann Roof is competent to face a death penalty trial in killing of nine black worshippers at a church.

The judge held a two-day competency hearing earlier this week.

Roof is charged in the June 2015 attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Jury selection will begin Monday.

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