Widow of Charleston church shooting victim speaking at Duke

DURHAM, NC (AP) — The widow of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney who was shot and killed at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, is speaking at a forum on faith and race at Duke University.

Jennifer Pinckney appears Tuesday evening at the university’s Page Auditorium.

Her husband was the minister of Emanuel AME where he and eight parishioners were gunned down last June during a Bible study.

A white man, Dylann Roof, is charged with murder in state court and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty at his trial set to begin in July.

Roof also faces dozens of charges, including hate crimes, in federal court. Federal prosecutors have not yet said whether they will seek the death penalty. A hearing in that case is set for Thursday in Charleston.

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