Is There A Verdict In The Dylann Roof
Self declared white supremacist dylann roof was found guilty thursday of killing nine black worshipers at a bible study class in a south carolina church.
Is there a verdict in the dylann roof. Roof sentenced to death in january 2017 roof an avowed white supremacist was convicted. On january 11 2017 he was sentenced to death for those crimes. He is the first. The jury returned their verdict against roof thursday afternoon after two hours of deliberation in the killings that took place at mother emanuel ame church.
Charleston south carolina a jury has found dylann roof guilty of all 33 federal charges he faced after last year s massacre at a historically black church in charleston south carolina. Roof on wednesday was formally sentenced to death as recommended by the jury for killing nine people at a historically black church in charleston south carolina in 2015. On december 15 2016 roof was convicted in federal court of all 33 federal charges including hate crimes against him stemming from the shooting. Roof s crime was tragic but this court can have no confidence in the jury s verdict the attorneys wrote.
Roof s crime was tragic but this court can have no confidence in the jury s verdict roof became the first person to be ordered executed for a federal hate crime when he was sentenced to death.