New Trial Dylann Roof

State of south carolina.

New trial dylann roof.

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 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. History to face both a federal and state death penal. As he was already facing the death penalty in his state trial roof became the first person in u s.

Dylann roof was convicted of killing nine people at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina. The argument about roof s mental stability came as his attorneys asked a. On may 24 2016 the justice department announced that roof would face the death penalty. Pinckney and injured.

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. 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. 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.

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.