Release of his book, "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring." Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (ISBN-13: 978-0374107895).
Judge Gergel was the presiding judge in the federal district court trial, conviction, and death sentence of Charleston Mother Emannuel A.M.E. Church mass murderer Dylann Roof.