Dylann Roof chose not to use mental health experts at his murder trial over the death of nine black Charleston church worshipers because he believes psychology is a Jewish invention.
The 22-year-old filed a handwritten motion saying he did not want jurors to consider his mental health when they decide next month if he should face the death penalty.
His decision on Friday to not call mental health experts to testify isn’t too much of a surprise.
In his hate-filled, racist journal read to the jury during his trial, Roof said he doesn’t believe in psychology.
‘It is a Jewish invention and does nothing but invent diseases and tell people they have problems when they don’t,’ Roof wrote.
Roof was convicted last Thursday of all 33 counts, including hate crimes and obstruction of religion, after the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina last year. Jurors took less than two hours to reach their verdict.
Those same jurors will decide in another phase of the trial starting January 3 whether Roof, who is acting as his own lawyer, faces the death penalty or life in prison.
In his handwritten note, Roof said: ‘I, Dylann Roof, withdraw the notice relating to presenting mental health mitigation through expert testimony. ‘I will not be calling mental health experts or presenting mental health evidence.’
Source: Daily Mail
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