Dylann Roof Found Guilty On 33 Charges In The Shooting Deaths Of 9 South Carolina Church Members

December 15. 2016

Dylann Roof being arrested

22-year-old Dylann Roof has been found guilty on 33 criminal charges, in connection with the shooting death of 9 churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof, a white supremacist, targeted the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, engaging in cold-blooded mass murder during a church service on June 17, 2015.

Dylann Roof video court hearing from prison

The court will begin the sentencing phrase of the case on January 3, 2016, where Roof will discover if he will be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty. Roof has destroyed man lives and the serenity of a community that was attempting to move forward from its turbulent, racially divided past.

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Jury Finds Dylann Roof Guilty In S.C. Church Shooting

December 15, 20163:33 PM ET - A jury in Charleston, S.C., has found Dylann Roof guilty on all 33 counts of federal hate crimes he faced for murdering nine people and attempting to kill three others in the basement of a historically black church. As the sentence was read, Roof stood emotionless, reported Alexandra Olgin of South Carolina Public Radio, who was in the courtroom. The charges included murder, attempted murder, damage to religious property, obstruction of religious belief and weapons charges. Federal prosecutors are seeking a death sentence. Roof has asked to represent himself in the penalty phase of the trial, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 3...

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