Npr Dylann Roof

The penalty phase of the dylann roof charleston s c church shooting trial began wednesday.

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Dylann roof murdered nine people in a church basement in charleston in 2015. Dylann roof told joey meek about his plans to shoot people at a historically black church in south carolina last year. Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s. The two way a jury in charleston s c has found roof guilty on all 33 federal hate crime counts for murdering nine people in the basement of.

The 22 year old who is representing himself and killed nine worshippers addressed the jury for the. During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c. Pinckney and injured. People on social media pointed out the courteous treatment of white supremacist dylann roof by police in 2015 in the wake of rayshard brooks killing.

State of south carolina. He told the jury that prosecutors don t know what real real hatred looks like. Meek s possible eight year sentence could be reduced if he helps the prosecution. Shooter dylann roof was convicted on federal hate crimes for which he was sentenced to death and also pleaded guilty to state murder charges.

Dylann roof convicted of charleston church massacre. He s the white man convicted of murdering eight black parishioners and their pastor at charleston s historic. Before the emanuel massacre he had posted a racist. Dylann roof the man who is charged with killing nine people in a mass shooting in charleston s c is a millennial but when that term is used it s usually describing a very different subset.

Rachel kaadzi ghansah went to south carolina to write about the trial of dylann roof.