A jury has reached a death penalty verdict for Dylann Roof, the man who shot and killed nine church members at the historically Black Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina in June 2015. The verdict came after a prosecutor reminded jurors about the "god-fearing" spirit of the church members killed during the massacre and testimonies from the victims' families and friends.
Dylann Roof faces the death penalty or life in prison when the penalty phase of his hate crimes trial resumes on January 3.
Dylann Roof on Thursday was found guilty of all 33 counts in the Mother Emanuel AME Church Massacre.
The trial for Emanuel AME church shooter Dylann Roof kicked off Wednesday in Charleston, South Carolina with gripping testimony from one of three survivors, who described him as evil incarnate.
Judge Gergel warned Roof that it would be in his best interest to have legal representation, but approved the request and resumed jury selection.
Mother Emanuel Church shooter Dylann Roof was involved in an altercation in jail around 7:45 a.m. Thursday morning, WCBD reports. According to the incident report, Dwayne Marion Stafford, 26, a fellow inmate at a Charleston County jail, escaped his room, ran down a flight of stairs, and hit Roof several times in the face and […]
The 21-year-old racist gunman who heartlessly took the lives of 9 Emmanuel AME Church members during a South Carolina bible study could possibly face the death penalty for his actions. Trial prosecutors revealed Tuesday night that they plan to request the death penalty for murderer Dylann Roof on the grounds that he intentionally murdered more […]
A judge has delayed the trial of Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old accused of killing nine Black members of Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church in a race-inspired shooting…
South Carolina Solicitor Scarlett Wilson on Tuesday announced that a grand jury indicted Dylann Roof on nine counts of murder for the Charleston Mother Emanuel…
Tensions have just about reached their peak surrounding the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse in light of the recent Emmanuel AME shooting that saw a racist 21-year-old white man take lives of 9 innocent Black people during a weekly Bible study and one brave Black woman decided she’d had enough […]
Friends, family and loved ones will gather early Friday afternoon to pay their last respects to South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney. Pinckney, one of…
A tense confrontation between a Charleston, South Carolina police officer and a group of young black children is currently under investigation after the officer was caught on tape making what sounds like a callous reference to the recent Emmanuel AME church shootings that left 9 Black church members dead at the hands of a racist […]
