Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson set a trial date for Dylann Roof, 21, who faces multiple charges stemming from the June 17th shootings at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
The trial date is July 11th, 2016.
Roof reportedly sat quietly during the proceedings in a courtroom crowded with about 100 people.
Mr. Roof was presented copies of the indictments, and his public defender Ashley Pennington told the judge he would not seek bond at this time “based on the totality of the circumstances,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune.
The judge allegedly called Roof a flight risk, noting he was arrested in Shelby, N.C., about 250 miles away, on the day after the parishioners were shot to death during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/16/us/charleston-church-shooting-trial-date/
OK, Fine. 
Why does it take so darned long for a criminal to face a court in this country and then once a verdict is rendered by do the taxpayers have to spend millions of dollars keeping those convicted on ice while endless appeals play out? (http://thejohnlimingreport.blogspot.com)