US argues Supreme Court shouldn't review Dylann Roof case

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof's death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should be upheld and don't merit review by the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for the federal government wrote in a filing Wednesday.

Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department argued in the 39-page brief that Roof “fails to identify any meaningful disagreement in the lower courts” over how his legal representation played out at trial.

The brief came in response to a request from Roof’s attorneys that justices take up his case, asking the court earlier this year to decide how to handle disputes over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys.

When a capital defendant who has been ruled competent to stand trial and his attorneys “disagree on whether to present mitigating evidence depicting him as mentally ill, who gets the final say?” Roof’s appellate team wrote in their February petition.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. It only takes 4 to decide to hear it so count on those 4 to do this to own the libs...

I hope I am wrong.

I am against the death penalty. So I am torn.

[stopdiggin]

2. an interesting point

whether or not the defendant has ultimate say in how his case is presented. Quite obviously, under normal circumstances the answer to that is a resounding 'Yes.' Mitigating factor here - does that hold in cases of mental impairment or defect? (and also to what degree?)

(and now I'm wondering - and wouldn't the lower court have jurisdiction in deciding this issue? do the Supremes have to decide that this decision was made wrongly?)

[LudwigPastorius]

3. Death is the easy way out for that piece of shit.

Make him live in prison for 50 years until he stops wasting our oxygen.

[BigDemVoter]

13. I agree.

I find that life in prison would be much worse than the death penalty. . . Let that piece of shit live with what he did and spend the rest of his life in the hell of the penitentiary where he is incarcerated.

[elleng]

4. Not anxious to see Joe Biden as President when it happens.

[cstanleytech]

5. If the client is not incompetent then the client gets to ultimately decide

not the attorney.

[multigraincracker]

6. Will they go back and look at every person of colors'

mental health. If not screw em.
I against the death penalty because it is unfairly applied.

[scarletlib]

8. You are correct. I wouldn't be surprised if they make an exception for this racist white supremacist

[oldsoftie]

7. He slaughtered innocents. Give him the needle tomorrow. And thats YEARS too late.

ZERRO DOUBT of guilt. Perfect case for the DP. Unlike others where questions remain.

[msfiddlestix]

9. Will this be a test for SCOTUS? I'm curious. n/t

[peppertree]

12. Half of SCROTUS would gladly have him as one of their colleagues

Susan Collins would vote to confirm, after voicing "concerns."

Deep concerns, even.

[msfiddlestix]

14. ✔️

[flying_wahini]

10. Since when is being cruel and mean a mental illness?

And why would you ask the defendant post trial if he agrees with anything?

[AggressiveCanary]

11. No to the death penalty

A government should not be the business of killing its own citizens. Not even Dylan Roof