Oct 11, 2022:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3682559-supreme-court-denies-appeal-by-charleston-church-shooter
Oct 28, 2021:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578942-families-in-south-carolina-church-massacre-settle-with-doj-over-faulty
Sep 23, 2021:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/573877-appeals-court-declines-to-take-up-dylann-roofs-death-sentence
Sep 8, 2021:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/571324-dylann-roof-challenges-death-sentence-after-appeals-court-ruling
Aug 25, 2021:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/569357-appeals-court-upholds-death-sentence-in-charleston-church-shooting
Apr 10, 2017:
In Charleston, South Carolina Dylann Roof pleaded guilty to separate state murder charges. Judge J.C. Nicholson sentenced Roof to nine consecutive life terms without possibility of parole for the murder of nine people, and three consecutive 30-year prison terms for the attempted murder of three other people.
Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to state murder counts | Reuters
Jan 10, 2017:
Dylann Roof gave his closing statement at his sentencing trial. After three hours of deliberation, the jury of nine whites and three blacks returned a verdict of the death penalty.
Jury deliberates sentence as Dylann Roof denies he was filled with hate | Fox News
Dylann Roof Is Sentenced to Death in Charleston Church Massacre | The New York Times
Jan 3, 2017:
Dylann Roof, representing himself, addressed jurors as he began making his case.
Dylann Roof: 'There's nothing wrong with me psychologically' | CNN
Jan 1, 2017:
In Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel declared Dylann Roof mentally competent to represent himself at the sentencing phase of his trial.
Dylann Roof ruled competent for sentencing phase | CNN
Dylann Roof Himself Rejects Best Defense Against Execution | The New York Times
Dec 15, 2016:
In South Carolina, a jury found Dylann Roof guilty on 33 counts of federal charges including murder, attempted murder, damage to religious property, obstruction of religious belief, and weapons charges.
Roof has requested he be allowed to represent himself in the sentencing phase of the trial which is scheduled to begin on January 3, 2017. Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
The state of South Carolina is also seeking the death penalty in its case against Roof. That trial is scheduled to begin on January 17, 2017.
Jury Finds Dylann Roof Guilty In S.C. Church Shooting | NPR
Dylann Roof trial: Will he get the death penalty? | CNN
Nov 24, 2016:
At a Federal District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, Judge Richard M. Gergel ruled that Dylann Roof is competent to stand trial.
Dylann Roof Found Competent for Trial in Charleston Church Killings | The New York Times
Jul 11, 2015:
When Dylann Roof purchased a handgun in April of this year, the person processing the background check did not see where Dylann had previously admitted to illegal drug possession, which would have prevented the sale of the gun.
Background check mix-up let suspected Charleston shooter buy gun - FBI | Reuters
Jul 7, 2015:
A grand jury indicted Dylann Roof on nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and one count of possessing a weapon during a violent crime.
Dylann Roof, suspect in Charleston shooting, formally indicted on murder charges | PBS
Jun 26, 2015:
President Obama delivered a eulogy in Charleston, South Carolina at the funeral service of Reverend Clementa Pinckney, the former reverend for the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and one of nine people shot and killed at the church on June 17, 2015.
Obama Delivers Unvarnished Race Lecture at Eulogy | The New York Times
Jun 22, 2015:
NPR's The Diane Rehm Show aired a one-hour program entitled "Gun Homicides, Mass Violence And Racism In The U.S.".
Diane's guests were:
- Paul Butler, professor at Georgetown Law School
- E.J. Dionne Jr., senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, columnist for The Washington Post, and author of Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent
- Daniel Webster, director at the Center for Gun Policy and Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jun 20, 2015:
A website containing white supremacist content (photos of Dylan Roof and a 2,500-page manifesto) was discovered. The website was first registered in the name of Dylann Roof on February 9, 2015.
Dylann Roof Photos and a Manifesto Are Posted on Website | The New York Times
Jun 19, 2015:
Dylann Roof was charged with nine counts of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
According to law enforcement officials Dylann confessed to police that he is the person responsible for the shootings and he wanted his actions known, he was unrepentant and unashamed during his confession, and he showed strong anti-black views during police questioning.
On NBC’s Today show, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley indicated she wanted prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Dylann if he is convicted.
Speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco, California, President Obama spoke a second time about gun control:
Ultimately, Congress will follow the people. And we have to stop being confused about this. At some point as a country we have to reckon with what happens.
It is not good enough simply to show sympathy. You don't see murder on this kind of scale with this kind of frequency in any other advanced nation on Earth. Every country has violent, hateful, or mentally unstable people. What's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns. And so I refuse to act as if this is the new normal, or to pretend that it's simply sufficient to grieve, and that any mention of us doing something to stop it is somehow politicizing the problem.
We need a change in attitude. Among everybody. Lawful guns owners, those who are unfamiliar with guns. We have to have a conversation about it, and fix this. And, ultimately, Congress acts when the public insists on action. And we've seen how public opinion can change. We've seen it change on gay marriage. We've seen it beginning to change on climate change. We've got to shift how we think about this issue. And we have the capacity to change. But we have to feel a sense of urgency about it. We as a people have got to change.
Source:
Obama, Barack. (June 19, 2015). "President Obama Addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
Jun 18, 2015:
A 21-year-old white male, Dylann Roof, was arrested on suspicion that he is the person responsible for last night's deadly shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
According to a statement from Roof's uncle, Dylann recently received a .45 caliber handgun as a birthday present.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the case to determine if the shootings are a hate crime and/or motivated by racial or some other prejudice.
White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church | Reuters
President Obama made an official Statement on the Shooting in South Carolina saying:
Any death of this sort is a tragedy. Any shooting involving multiple victims is a tragedy. There is something particularly heartbreaking about a death happening in a place in which we seek solace and we seek peace, in a place of worship.
We don't have all the facts, but we do know that once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hand on a gun.
Now is the time for mourning and for healing. But let's be clear. At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency.
And it is in our power to do something about it. I say that recognizing the politics in this town foreclose a lot of those avenues right now. But it'd be wrong for us not to acknowledge it, and at some point, it's going to important for the American to come to grips with it and for us to be able to shift how we think about the issue of gun violence collectively.
The fact that this took place in a black church obviously also raises questions about a dark part of our history. This is not the first time that black churches have been attacked. And we know that hatred across races and faiths pose a particular threat to our democracy and our ideals.
Jun 17, 2015:
Nine people were shot and killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina during a prayer meeting.
Nine Killed in Shooting at Black Church in Charleston | The New York Times
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- The Removal of the Confederate Flag from U.S. Government Grounds | Health and Wellness Resource
- Dylann Roof’s eerie tour of American slavery at its beginning, middle and end | The Washington Post
- Shooting victims included librarian and recent college grad | CBS News
- Think the Charleston shooting will lead to new gun control laws? It won’t. | The Washington Post
- The legal loophole that allowed Dylann Roof to get a gun | The Washington Post