What is John Roll?
[[File:Chief Judge John Roll cropped.jpg|thumb|Chief Judge John Roll ]] '''John McCarthy Roll''' (8 February 1947 - 8 January 2011) was an [[Americans|American]] [[judge]]. == Political career == Roll was appointed as a judge by [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H.W. Bush]] in 1991. Roll had been an Arizona state attorney, a US attorney and a state court judge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/08/arizona-chief-u-s-district-judge-john-m-roll-assassinated-in-t/ |title=Arizona Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Roll Killed in Tucson Attack |first=Andrew |last=Cohen |work=politicsdaily.com |year=2011 |accessdate=16 July 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811060243/http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/08/arizona-chief-u-s-district-judge-john-m-roll-assassinated-in-t/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Roll had received death threats in the past. In 2009 he allowed a group of [[illegal immigrant]]s to successfully sue a [[ranch]]er, Roger Barnett. He had threatened, kicked and set his dogs onto the group. Barnett had argued they could not sue him because they had no legal rights in the US.<ref name=news/> == Assassination == On January 8, 2011, Roll was shot dead at the [[2011 Tucson shooting|Casas Adobes Safeway supermarket]]. He had stopped at an [[Arizona]] [[shopping center]] to meet [[Democrat]] [[Congresswoman]] [[Gabrielle Giffords]] who was holding an informal meeting.<ref name=news>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/family-mourns-judge-in-arizona-shooting/story-e6frfku0-1225988183550 |title=Family mourns judge in Arizona shooting |first= |last= |work=news.com.au |year=2011 |accessdate=16 July 2011 |archive-date=17 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117074529/http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/family-mourns-judge-in-arizona-shooting/story-e6frfku0-1225988183550 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A gunman attempted to [[assassinate]] Giffords, and Roll and four other people were killed.