Will Dylann Roof Get The Death Penalty

Roof will become the first federal hate crime defendant to be sentenced to death a justice department spokesman said.

Will dylann roof get the death penalty.

Speaking on the today show gov. Until april 19 2017 roof was located at the charleston county jail. Roof became the first person to be ordered executed for a federal hate crime when he was sentenced to death for fatally shooting nine black church members at emanuel ame church in charleston south. Dylann roof 22 has been sentenced to death for killing nine black churchgoers during a bible study in charleston south carolina.

White supremacist dylann roof on tuesday appealed his federal convictions and death sentence in the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in south carolina arguing that he was. This comes after dylan roof has been formally charged with nine counts of murder as. Cnn dylann roof just became the first person convicted of a federal hate crime to get the death penalty and he could be sentenced to death in south carolina state court as well. Nikki haley made it clear that the death penalty will be pursued in the case.

Dylann roof the convicted shooter in the assault on emanuel ame church in charleston south carolina that left a total of 12 victims killing nine of them was sentenced to. This is the first time a death penalty verdict was rendered in a federal hate crimes case the justice department said. On that day federal authorities took custody of him and took him to ftc oklahoma city. Prosecutors said he specifically chose emanuel ame the south s oldest black church to carry out the massacre.

Roof the first person to be convicted of a federal hate crime and sentenced to the death penalty was removed from custody in al cannon detention center in north charleston south carolina on. Judge richard gergel will formally sentence roof on wednesday at 9 30 a m.