James Robertson has asked a federal judge to allow him to withdraw his appeals and face the death chamber, pictured, more quickly. (Provided/SC Department of Corrections)
Editor’s note: This article was updated Tuesday, Aug. 5, following the hearing.
COLUMBIA — An inmate on South Carolina’s death row for 26 years is again seeking to fire his attorneys and withdraw his appeals, expediting his execution.
James Robertson’s attorneys appeared virtually in federal court Tuesday in Charleston to argue the details of whether or how Robertson himself should tell a judge why he wants to drop his appeals. It’s a request he’s made before…