New Trial Dylann Roof

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.

New trial dylann roof.

As he was already facing the death penalty in his state trial roof became the first person in u s. On may 24 2016 the justice department announced that roof would face the death penalty. 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. Roof was a 2017 federal trial involving dylann roof and his role in the charleston church shooting.

The argument about roof s mental stability came as his attorneys asked a. 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. 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 roof was convicted of killing nine people at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina.

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. 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. State of south carolina. History to face both a federal and state death penal.

Five days after the shooting roof was indicted on 33 federal charges including 12 counts of committing a hate crime against black victims.