Tag : murder charges
Dylann Roof sentencing title : Dylann Roof Death Sentence: 'May God Have Mercy on Your Soul' Says One Survivor
summary : A federal judge in South Carolina formally sentenced mass murderer Dylann Roof to death on Wednesday, one day after jury members recommended he be executed for killing nine people through gunfire inside an Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015. The victims, all African-Americans, had been attending a prayer service. Roof is the first person to be sentenced to death in a federal trial that included hate crimes' charges, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. In all, Roof, 22, was charged with 33 hate crimes.
date : Jan 12, 2017 01:19 PM EST