CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge in South Carolina is scheduled to hold another hearing on the status of the case against a white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church a year ago.
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel is holding a Tuesday hearing in the case of Dylann Roof, who faces numerous federal counts, including hate crimes.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced last month that prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Roof. No trial date has been set.
Roof also faces nine murder counts in state court, where prosecutors are also seeking the death penalty in a trial set to begin in January.
The anniversary of the shooting at the church often called Mother Emanuel is next week.
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