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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers
Source: Associated Press
SEP 18 2017, 6:23 PM ET
Dylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian.
Dylann Roof filed the handwritten request himself Monday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.
Roof further wrote that his attorneys' backgrounds are "a barrier to effective communication."
He noted that David Isaac Bruck, who represented him at his federal trial, was also Jewish and that, "His ethnicity was a constant source of conflict even with my constant efforts to look past it."
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Dylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian.
Dylann Roof filed the handwritten request himself Monday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.
Roof further wrote that his attorneys' backgrounds are "a barrier to effective communication."
He noted that David Isaac Bruck, who represented him at his federal trial, was also Jewish and that, "His ethnicity was a constant source of conflict even with my constant efforts to look past it."
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/dylann-roof-convicted-charleston-church-killer-wants-fire-jewish-indian-n802506
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Dylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2017
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)1. He should not have his biogtry accommodated.
elleng
(131,104 posts)2. I hope the 4th Circuit tells him to jump off a cliff,
but I suspect they'll be polite.
struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)4. "Where I am is where there is no there there"
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)5. He should really fire his barber
just sayin
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)6. His mother is gettin' jiggy with the flowbee
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)8. Sort of like a "failed Frank Luntz" look
which is, in and of itself, redundant.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)9. Dear Lord
NOT THAT FUCKER!
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)7. If he wants to pick and choose, he can pay for his lawyers.
JI7
(89,264 posts)10. Maybe Trump will Pardon him