New Trial Dylann Roof

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New trial dylann roof.

After four days of testimony prosecutors rested their death penalty case monday against convicted charleston church shooter dylann roof calling more than two dozen people during the trial s. 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 federal trial of dylann roof was commencing eighteen months after he shot and killed nine african american congregants at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church during evening bible. A week ago opening statements in roof s trial began and witnesses gave emotional accounts of surviving the 70 rounds roof fired from a glock 45 caliber pistol on june 17 2015.

State of south carolina. On may 24 2016 the justice department announced that roof would face the death penalty. 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. Five days after the shooting roof was indicted on 33 federal charges including 12 counts of committing a hate crime against black victims.

Dylann roof was convicted thursday in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a bible study affirming the prosecution s. Dylann roof was convicted of killing nine people at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina. Wciv defense attorneys for church shooter dylann roof are seeking a new trial for the eastover man convicted of committing hate crimes and condemned to a death sentence. The argument about roof s mental stability came as his attorneys asked a.

History to face both a federal and state death penal.