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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash">#BREAKING</a>: Judge Gergel has ordered another competency hearing for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DylannRoof?src=hash">#DylannRoof</a>. It's scheduled for next Monday. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sctweets?src=hash">#sctweets</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoofTrial?src=hash">#RoofTrial</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/wis10">@wis10</a></p>
— Chad K. Mills (@ChadKMills) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadKMills/status/814531825460793345">December 29, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Nearly two weeks ago, Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old convicted of killing nine Black church members during their Bible Study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church on June 17, 2015, was found guilty by a federal jury of all 33 counts of federal violations, including a slew of hate crimes.
While the courts are to reconvene next month to hear more testimony to decide if Roof should be sentenced to death, according to the <a href="https://www.apnews.com/c44a02134b15480a97a03b2771e245fa?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APSouthRegion"><em>Associated Press</em></a>, presiding Judge Richard Gergel has mandated another competency evaluation ahead of the Roof's sentencing next year, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-orders-competency-evaluation-dylann-roof-sentencing/story?id=44459198" target="_blank">ABC News</a> reports.
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Gergel cited an "abundance of caution” as the reason behind his decision. The test is set for Monday (Jan. 2) with the sentencing still occurring the following day. During this upcoming proceeding, jurors will decide whether or not Roof will face the death penalty.
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