Posted on 12/15/2016 7:45:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
CHARLESTON, S.C. — After nearly a week of painful testimony that vividly re-created the massacre at this city’s famed Mother Emanuel church, it took jurors about two hours Thursday to convict Dylann Roof in his federal hate crimes trial.
Roof was charged with 33 counts in his federal indictment. He was found guilty on every single one. Family members of the nine parishioners gunned down last year nodded silently as each charge was read aloud. Some held hands, their eyes shut tightly, as each guilty verdict was announced in the courtroom just a mile from the church.
With Roof’s guilt effectively unquestioned, this verdict was seen as likely, and the trial largely hinged on what happens next. Mirroring what happened during the Boston Marathon bombing trial last year — the last case that saw the Justice Department obtain a rare federal death sentence — there was no real question about guilt. Prosecutors played video footage of Roof admitting his guilt to FBI agents, and Roof’s attorneys did not argue that he was innocent.
Instead, the larger question surrounding the trial has focused on the next portion of the case, which will deal with whether Roof is sentenced to death or life in prison.
This sentencing phase is set to begin next month, and it remains far less clear what will happen there, as Roof said Thursday he still intends to represent himself. Federal death sentences are rare, but the government has opted to seek one in this case, even though this decision has caused some unease among relatives of the victims. It is also unclear when and if the government would be able to carry out such a sentence.
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel on Thursday dismissed the jurors until the next phase of the trial begins on Jan. 3.
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He deserves the death penalty, the ultimate punishment. As far as I know, he’s not repented or given any evidence of being insane. Of course, if he isn’t given the death penalty, maybe turning him loose in general population would be fitting. It worked out for Jeffrey Dahmer.
Hang him high. But for multiple counts of murder, not a goofy hate crime conviction.
Put him in the general population with the highrst number of blacks.
Golds gym is a well known white supremacist site... he obviously was radicalized there/ sarc
Fry his bony white ass
The only thing wrong with that method is the direction of his body.... feet first into the chipper
Kill him, resurrect him, then kill him again....over and over.
My prayers go out to the families this monster destroyed.
Gen Pop is more fitting than ole’sparky.
Dylann Roof found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre trial
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Am I the only one to wonder how and why this trial was held and a verdict was handed down so fast? The crime was just committed last June.
Don’t get me wrong, This was the correct decision and all horrific crimes should be quickly tried like this.
But you gotta know. If this was the typical muzzie mass murder - this would be back-burnered for years.
Look at Nidal Hassan. It took nearly 4 years for him to be convicted. And (no surprise) This waste of space is still breathing.
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