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.
New trial dylann roof.
Five days after the shooting roof was indicted on 33 federal charges including 12 counts of committing a hate crime against black victims.
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.
Dylann roof was convicted of killing nine people at a historic african american church in charleston 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.
Roof was a 2017 federal trial involving dylann roof and his role in the charleston church shooting.
History to face both a federal and state death penal.
State of south carolina.
On may 24 2016 the justice department announced that roof would face the death penalty.
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 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.
On monday a judge declared a mistrial in the case of former north charleston police officer michael slager charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man walter scott.
As he was already facing the death penalty in his state trial roof became the first person in 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.