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 But there also is mystery evidence that Roof is working hard to make sure the public never sees in his federal death penalty trial. 
  
 Roof, who is acting as his own attorney in the penalty phase to prevent what he thinks would be further embarrassment to himself or his family, again was warned by U.S. Judge Richard Gergel at a hearing Wednesday that being his own lawyer was a bad idea. 
  
 "That's your decision," Gergel told Roof. "I think that highlights my advice to you that you aren't served by being your own counsel." 
  
 Gergel told Roof to talk to his grandfather, who is a lawyer, and other family members one last time. He told Roof he has until the start of the penalty phase Tuesday to change his mind and hire his high-powered, publicly funded defense team back. 
  
 The same jurors who convicted Roof earlier this month on 33 counts including hate crimes and obstruction of religion will return next week to decide if he faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty. 
  
 Roof spoke for less than 10 minutes of the 35-minute hearing Wednesday. He told Gergel he does plan an opening and closing statement. He then told the judge he objects to prosecutors' plans to present a photograph of evidence in the court's possession. Roof, Gergel and assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson all carefully tiptoed around saying what that evidence was. 
  
 Gergel did say there was a hearing in which he decided it could be admitted in the penalty phase. 
  
 Roof also wanted a jailhouse statement left out of the penalty phase and evidence that involved his mother. No specifics were given. Gergel told Roof to go back to jail and write a motion for him to consider. Roof's ankle chain clanked as he walked back to the defense table in his jail jumpsuit. 
  
 Prosecutors also laid out their case. Most of the penalty phase will involve up to 38 people related to the nine people killed and the three people spared when Roof went into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, sat through a 45-minute Bible study in the fellowship hall, then fired 77 shots as many of the worshippers hid under tables. 
  
 Gergel, who complained during the guilt phase that prosecutors were repeating themselves at times with witnesses, said he will allow Richardson to call as many witnesses related to the victims as he wants. 
  
 "The statute provides broad leeway for the victims to be heard, and I plan on honoring that," the judge said. 
  
 Richardson said he also will call the chief FBI agent on the case to tie up loose ends and refresh jurors' memories. 
  
 Gergel spent much of the hearing going over the format of the penalty phase with Roof, warning him several times he was likely doing himself no favors leaving his defense team as just advisers to file briefs. 
  
 After saying he planned no witnesses, Roof told Gergel he was just answering the same question the judge had asked prosecutors. Gergel said that wasn't necessary. 
  
 "Don't do them any favors," the judge said. "They aren't going to do you any." 
  
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 Follow Jeffrey Collins on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JSCollinsAP. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/jeffrey-collins . ||||| Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old convicted of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, told a judge today he has "no plans whatsoever to call witnesses" during the sentencing phase of his federal trial, in which he could face the death penalty. 
  
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 Roof, who appeared in a striped prison uniform, with his hands and feet shackled, confirmed today he still intends to represent himself, although U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel has said he does not support Roof's decision. 
  
 Roof told Gergel he will make an opening statement. 
  
 The government plans to call more than 30 witnesses — mostly survivors and victims' family members — to testify in the sentencing phase. Survivors Polly Sheppard and Felicia Sanders, who testified during the guilt phase, are expected to testify again. 
  
 Opening statements are set to begin Jan. 3. 
  
 The same jury that found him guilty will return to decide if he'll be sentenced to death. 
  
 Roof, who is white, was convicted earlier this month of shooting and killing the parishioners at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015. The 33 federal counts against Roof included hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of exercise of religion resulting in death. 
  
 Roof entered the church armed and "with the intent of killing African-Americans engaged in the exercise of their religious beliefs," according to the federal indictment against him. The parishioners welcomed Roof into their Bible study group, according to the indictment, after which Roof drew his pistol and opened fire. 
  
 In the defense's opening statements during the guilt phase of the trial, attorney David Bruck told the court, "He did it ... You're probably wondering, so what we are doing here? Why does there need to be a trial? ... The practical reason is that the government has asked for the death penalty after conviction, and because of that, we have a procedure to go through. 
  
 "Our society does not order the death penalty if there are reasons to choose life," Bruck added. "You're going to want to understand who this person was and why on earth he would want to cause so much grief." 
  
 Roof also faces a state trial, set for early next year, in which he may also face the death penalty. ||||| Story highlights Roof was convicted December 15 of all charges against him 
  
 Penalty phase begins Tuesday 
  
 Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) Dylann Roof, the admitted white supremacist who could face the death penalty for killing nine black churchgoers, was back in court Wednesday morning. 
  
 Dylann Roof could be sentenced to death for killing nine African-American parishioners in a Charleston church. 
  
 He told a federal judge he still plans to represent himself at the penalty phase of his trial, which starts Tuesday. He said would make an opening statement but would call no witnesses or present any evidence. 
  
 The judge said prosecutors have submitted the names of 38 potential witnesses. 
  
 Roof confessed to the killings and was convicted December 15 on all 33 charges in the June 2015 shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was represented by a lawyer during the guilt phase of the trial. 
  
 On Wednesday, he was in court for a scheduled hearing. 
  
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Answer: – The sentencing phase of Dylann Roof's federal hate-crimes trial, in which he could be given the death penalty, begins Tuesday, and the 22-year-old who killed nine black churchgoers in Charleston, SC, in 2015 told a judge Wednesday at a pretrial hearing that he still intends to serve as his own defense for those proceedings, the Post and Courier reports. Those in the courtroom shouldn't expect an elaborate production on his part. "As far as I know, I am not intending to offer any evidence at all or call any witnesses whatsoever," Roof informed US District Judge Richard Gergel, who told Roof he'd still give him until Tuesday to change his mind. "You know my feeling on this," Gergel advised Roof, telling him to at least confer with his grandfather and his former attorneys before barreling ahead with his plan. "I think it's a bad idea." Per CNN, the judge mentioned prosecutors will present an opening statement first on Jan. 3, and Roof—who was convicted Dec. 15 on 33 counts—did say he'll make his own opening statement when they're done. But after that, his effort to save his own life will apparently be done, even though it's been confirmed that the government has a list of about 30 witnesses it may call to describe how the shooting has affected survivors and victims' families. Per the Post and Courier, Roof's ex-lawyers most likely would have brought out evidence on his mental health to try to spare him the death penalty. The AP notes Roof is representing himself because he fears some of that evidence may embarrass himself or his family. ABC News reports Roof also faces a state trial, with its own possibility of a death sentence, early next year.