Feds fear ‘11th-hour’ move to derail Dylann Roof trial
Andrew Knapp
Jul 5 2016 2:52 pm
Jul 5 3:02 pm
Federal prosecutors fear an “eleventh-hour” maneuver by defense lawyers could derail Dylann Roof’s trial unless a jury is picked from all parts of South Carolina, court documents stated.
Roof’s attorneys have said in past filings that they have no “present” intention to ask for the trial to be moved outside Charleston. But to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson, the lawyers’ refusal to rule that out altogether indicates that they could seek a different venue if the court struggles to find impartial jurors among local residents.
In a filing Saturday, Richardson said that using a statewide group of prospective jurors would help stave off that dilemma ...
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