Dylann Roof, who killed nine people in the Charleston church shooting last year, has been sentenced to death following a unanimous jury verdict.
Roof, now 22, confessed to wanting to start a “race war” with the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina.
A jury was tasked with deciding whether he would be handed the death penalty or life in prison, with the former only possible with a unanimous decision.
#BREAKING: A jury has sentenced #DylannRoof to death for the 2015 massacre, fueled by hate, at a #CharlestonSC church. @wis10 #RoofTrial pic.twitter.com/inVsyxpnWX
— Chad K. Mills (@ChadKMills) January 10, 2017
#BREAKING: The jury unanimously sentences #DylannRoof to death. #DylannRoofTrial #Emanuel12
— News19 WLTX (@WLTX) January 10, 2017
The jury was asked to weigh a number of factors before reaching their decision, and ultimately found that all the below criteria for the death penalty had been met.
#BREAKING: Jury unanimously finds all of these non-statutory aggravating factors beyond a reasonable doubt. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial pic.twitter.com/rj3Cl60SiV
— Chad K. Mills (@ChadKMills) January 10, 2017
