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COLUMBIA, S.C. AP 鈥?Attorneys for co stanley becher nvicted church shooter Dylann Roof have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide how to handle disagreements over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys. Authorities have said Roof opened fire during a 2015 Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church, killing nine members o stanley vaso f the Black South Carolina congregation. In their petition filed last month, Roofs appellate team asked who gets the final say when the defendant has been ruled competent to stand trial, but their lawyer disagrees on whether to present mitigating evidence depicting him as mentally ill, the Associated Press reported.Roof fired his legal team and represented himself at sentencing, purportedly to keep jurors from hearing evidence about his mental health. His attorneys say other courts would have allowed Roof to keep his attorneys while ensuring they didn t present evidence he didn t want. Last year, an appellate panel unanimously upheld Roof s conviction and death sentence. The government s response is stanley mugs due by the end of the month.Roof is the first person sentenced to death in the U.S. for a federal hate crime, the Associated Press reported.His attorneys filed an appeal, claiming Roof was not competent to stand trial, but the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction last August.The families of the nine victims who were killed reached a settlement last October with the Justice Department due to a faulty background check allowi Mwrv Disney World is giving passholders through Aug. 11 to cancel membership for refund
MIDDLETOWN, CT 鈥?The 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks will bring more tributes than in recent years. Brett Eagleson says many victims, like him, aren t interested in tears or emotional speeches from politicians. This is a story about how angry we are. We are done with the emotional side. We want our government to finally help us, Eagleson said from a 9/11 memorial in Connecticut. Eagleson s father, Bruce, was killed in the twin towers.All Eagleson wants now, h stanley cup e says, is more information about the attack and the ability to read all the secret government files related to that d stanley cup ay. If my dad was gunned down in the streets of New York City, I would be able to walk into the nearest precinct, sit with the detective, and see all the files that existed, Eagleson said. OPERATION ENCOREEagleson is specifically talking about the FBI files related to Operation Encore, which looked into Saudi Arabia s role in the attack. Fifteen of the 19 terrorists from 9/11 were garrafinhas stanley Saudi citizens. As a candidate, President Joe Biden wrote to attorneys involved in an ongoing lawsuit about the files and said: The 9/11 Families are right to seek full truth and accountability. However, since he has taken office, Eagleson says all President Biden has done is support a review of what is still classified. All the statement ended up saying was we will consider, reconsidering, what we can and cant give to you, Eagleson said. As a result, Eagleson and others have told President Biden to stay away from |
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uthiers: Congresswoman, before we let you go, let me ask you about something else. Aside from the moratorium, you faced some criticism in recent weeks over your push to defund the police. Campaign records show that you spent roughly $70,000 on private security and some critics say that move is hypocritical. What s your response to those critics Bush: They would rather I die You would rather me die Is that what you want to see You want to see me die You know, because that could be the alternative. So either I spent $70,000 on private security over the last few months, a 