Death sentence for Charleston church shooter upheld

Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, NC on June 18, 2015.  Roof is a suspect in the shooting of several people at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

RICHMOND, Virginia – The U.S. Fourth Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Dylann Roof, the white racist responsible for the 2015 Charleston Church massacre. Roof appealed his conviction and death sentence in January 2020, arguing that he had schizophrenia and other mental disorders. On his appeal, Roof’s attorneys argued that he was … Read more