| Dylann Roof convicted in federal hate crimes trial for Charleston church massacre, AP says, setting stage for death penalty phase |
| As a juror and survivors wept, prosecutors in closing arguments portrayed Dylann Roof as a young white man of "immense hatred" who viewed blacks as less than human. The same jury will decide if Roof gets death or a life sentence. With Roof's guilt effectively unquestioned in the killing of nine at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the larger question surrounding the trial has been whether he will be sentenced to death — and what will happen when he acts as his own attorney during that phase. |
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