--- description: The lawyers for Dylann Roof filed a motion to waive his right to jury trial, but federal prosecutors already rejected that idea. title: Dylann Roof Doesn't Want to Be Tried by a Jury image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt151b6eee9c15bec2/6988973d5f570f1ccfb21474/gettyimages-477782304.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Accused Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Wants to Waive Trial by Jury by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 5:06 AM CUT  An image from the video uplink from the detention center to the courtroom, Dylann Roof appears at Centralized Bond Hearing Court in North Charleston, South Carolina, on June 19, 2015. An image from the video uplink from the detention center to the courtroom, Dylann Roof appears at Centralized Bond Hearing Court in North Charleston, South Carolina, on June 19, 2015.Pool—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 5:06 AM CUT Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Dylann Storm Roof are at odds over whether he should face a jury on capital charges that he killed nine people at a South Carolina church last year, according to court documents. Lawyers for Roof, 22, of Columbia, South Carolina, filed a motion Thursday waiving his right to a jury trial in the shootings on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study class at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. But in the same motion, they said federal prosecutors had already rejected the idea and are determined to bring him to trial… [_Read the rest from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/charleston-church-shootings-dylann-roof-wants-waive-trial-n589321?cid=par-time%5F20160610 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4363873/charleston-church-shootings-dylann-roof-waive-trial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4363873/charleston-church-shootings-dylann-roof-waive-trial/"},"headline":"Accused Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Wants to Waive Trial by Jury","datePublished":"2016-06-10T05:06:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:30:53.612Z","description":"But federal prosecutors say they will reject the motion","url":"https://time.com/4363873/charleston-church-shootings-dylann-roof-waive-trial/","keywords":["Crime","shootings","South Carolina","Charleston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt151b6eee9c15bec2/6988973d5f570f1ccfb21474/gettyimages-477782304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt151b6eee9c15bec2/6988973d5f570f1ccfb21474/gettyimages-477782304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nine Dead After Church Shooting In Charleston","caption":"Nine Dead After Church Shooting In Charleston","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4363873/charleston-church-shootings-dylann-roof-waive-trial/","name":"Accused Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Wants to Waive Trial by Jury"}}]}] ```