Roof Death Sentence

Roof became the first person to be ordered executed for a federal hate crime when he was sentenced to death for fatally shooting nine black church members at emanuel ame church in charleston south.

Roof death sentence.

Roof an avowed white supremacist was convicted of federal murder and hate crimes charges and he was sentenced to death in january 2017. Dylann roof the convicted shooter in the assault on emanuel ame church in charleston south carolina that left a total of 12 victims killing nine of them was sentenced to. Cnn dylann roof just became the first person convicted of a federal hate crime to get the death penalty and he could be sentenced to death in south carolina state court as well. He represented himself at the penalty phase of the trial.

White supremacist dylann roof on tuesday appealed his federal convictions and death sentence in the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in south carolina arguing that he was. Roof became the first person to be ordered executed for a federal hate crime when he was sentenced to death for fatally shooting nine black church members at emanuel ame church in charleston south carolina on june 17 2015.