Has Dylann Roof Been Put To Death

Department of justice announced roof would face capital punishment in his federal prosecution as well.

Has dylann roof been put to death. Roof also faces a potential death sentence in his state trial on charges of murder and attempted murder set to begin this year. By avalon zoppo convicted church shooter dylann roof has been transferred to death row at terre haute federal prison in indiana the facility that houses male inmates awaiting execution under the. The 25 year old roof who killed nine black church members during a bible study in charleston south carolina in 2015 told the ap in a letter dated feb. Dylann roof is the first person in u s.

The morning after the. Roof the unrepentant and inscrutable white supremacist who killed nine african american churchgoers in a brazen racial rampage almost 19 months ago an outburst of. History to have faced both a state and federal death penalty at the same time. 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.

In september 2015 it was announced roof would face capital punishment in his state prosecution and in may 2016 the u s. Dylann roof 22 has been sentenced to death for killing nine black churchgoers during a bible study in charleston south carolina. Among them is dylann roof a 25 year old self avowed white supremacist from columbia who in june 2015 gunned down nine black worshippers during a bible study at emanuel ame church in downtown. Many family members of the victims opposed the death penalty for roof.

Should roof s murder trial end also end with him convicted and.