Why Does Dylann Roof Want Another Trial

Dylann roof s relatives have largely shied away from public attention since the self avowed white supremacist gunned down nine black worshippers during a bible study at charleston s emanuel ame.

Why does dylann roof want another trial.

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 fate of dylann roof will likely wind through thickets of legal appeals and an equally onerous state trial before it is ultimately resolved. State of south carolina. 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.

Police lead suspected shooter dylann roof into the courthouse in shelby north carolina june 18 2015. Pinckney and injured. Dylann roof s trial for the murder of nine black people in a charleston church continued on thursday despite his defence team attempting to halt proceedings after a survivor declared that he. 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 a historically black church in 2015.

Roof officially the united states of america v dylann storm roof was a 2017 federal trial involving dylann roof and his role in the charleston church shooting 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 the 23 year old white supremacist who fatally shot nine members of a charleston s c bible study class in 2015 told the judge presiding over his death penalty trial last year that. On may 24 2016 the justice department announced that roof would face the. The federal death penalty trial for the 2015 massacre at a historic black south carolina church drew to a dramatic conclusion on tuesday with prosecutors describing dylann roof s gunning down.

He was convicted of all 33 counts. He could be sentenced to death. The day after the sentencing i flew to san francisco.