Dylann Roof appears by closed-circuit television at his bond hearing in Charleston, South Carolina in this June 19, 2015 still image from video. REUTERS/Pool/Files
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A federal magistrate on Friday entered a "temporary" not guilty plea for Dylann Roof on hate crime charges in the slaying of nine African-Americans at a South Carolina church, even as his lawyer said his client wanted to plead guilty.
The lead defence attorney, David Bruck, said he could not advise Roof, 21, to declare his guilt in the massacre until after prosecutors said whether they would seek capital punishment.
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