He was later sentenced to nine consecutive terms of life without parole after pleading guilty to state murder charges.
Judge gergel dylann roof.
Gergel gave no reason for the change.
Wciv ultimately a federal judge on monday dismissed negligence lawsuits filed against the fbi by.
District judge richard gergel should not have allowed roof to represent himself during the penalty phase of his trial because he was a 22 year old.
Federal judge richard gergel has moved the date of a court hearing for accused race killer dylann roof forward one day to june 7 in charleston.
Roof was convicted on all charges and controversially represented himself during the sentencing phase despite gergel warning roof it was not in his best interests to do so.
Richard gergel was the presiding judge on the trial of dylann roof who was convicted of 33 federal charges relating to the 2015 charleston church shooting.
Dylann roof was sentenced to death by the federal government on january 10 2017.
Columbia sc as legal questions in the dylann roof federal death penalty trial get thornier by the day people who know presiding u s.