• Dwayne Stafford ran down the stairs from his cell after Roof went into the shower around 7:45 a.m. Thursday and hit him, bruising Roof's face and back, according to a police report. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Roof's attorneys in the federal case have asked a judge to declare the federal death penalty unconstitutional which they said would clear the way for Roof to plead guilty. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Dylann Roof's ass gon' die. (theroot.com)
  • On Monday, the 4th Circuit wrote it "declines to take the unprecedented step" of seeking a full substitute court to consider Roof's request for a new appellate hearing, citing U.S. Supreme Court precedence that "only judges of the Circuit who are in regular active service may make the determination to rehear a case en banc. (theroot.com)
  • Presidential hopeful Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke with Roland Martin about AG Loretta Lynch's announcement of Dylann Roof's 33 count federal indictment on NewsOne Now. (newsone.com)
  • Charleston County Magistrate James Gosnell Jr., who presided over confessed gunman Dylann Roof's bond hearing on Friday, made the comments in a courtroom over a decade ago. (blackchristiannews.com)
  • Roof's trial has been delayed almost a month because Bruck requested Roof undergo a competency hearing on whether he understood the charges against him and could help in his own defense. (qcitymetro.com)
  • RNS) Nadine Collier, daughter of one of Dylann Roof's nine alleged victims, has one message for the suspected killer: "I forgive you. (ministrymatters.com)
  • Morgan Roof's brother, Dylann Roof, was sentenced to death for the 2015 fatal shootings of nine black church-goers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. (crimeonline.com)
  • Dylann Storm Roof (born April 3, 1994) is an American white supremacist, Neo-Nazi, and mass murderer convicted of perpetrating the Charleston church shooting on June 17, 2015, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. (wikipedia.org)
  • On March 31, 2017, Roof agreed to plead guilty in South Carolina state court to all state charges pending against him-nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony-to avoid a second death sentence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Roof was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Franklin Bennett Roof (nicknamed Benn), a carpenter and a construction contractor, and Amelia "Amy" Cowles, a bartender. (wikipedia.org)
  • In nine years, Roof attended at least seven schools in two South Carolina counties, including White Knoll High School in Lexington, in which he repeated the ninth grade, finishing it in another school. (wikipedia.org)
  • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the massacre of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church, was slugged Thursday by a black inmate at the South Carolina jail where he is being held, law officials said. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Dylan Roof, the suspect in the mass shooting that left nine dead in a Charleston church last month, appears in court July 18, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. (theroot.com)
  • Roof viciously opened fire during the closing of prayer at a Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. (theroot.com)
  • Roof was raised in Lexington, South Carolina. (progressive.org)
  • Each rambling, racist belief that self-confessed white supremacist Dylann Roof wrote down was read aloud Monday in court for jurors in his murder trial in Charleston, South Carolina. (wtkr.com)
  • Dylann Roof, who was convicted in December on all charges related to the 2015 killing of nine black worshipers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced to death Tuesday. (theweek.com)
  • Roof shot participants at a 2015 Bible study session at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. (npr.org)
  • Dylann Roof enters the court room at the Charleston County Judicial Center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges on April 10, 2017, in Charleston, S.C. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. (npr.org)
  • WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. (npr.org)
  • Accused Charleston shooter Dylann Roof is loaded onto a plane to return to South Carolina. (vox.com)
  • Roof has already been charged by South Carolina prosecutors with nine counts of murder and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. (vox.com)
  • That's why South Carolina prosecutors filed their charges the day after Roof was arrested, even though the federal government took a few weeks to decide how to proceed. (vox.com)
  • The murder charges Roof has been hit with in South Carolina are all eligible for the death penalty if he's convicted. (vox.com)
  • On July 7, 2015, a grand jury indicted Dylann Roof, the man who confessed to killing nine members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, last month, on nine counts of murder. (colorlines.com)
  • Dylann Roof is escorted into the court room at the Charleston County Judicial Center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in state court for the 2015 shooting massacre at a historic black church, in Charleston, South Carolina, April 10, 2017. (newsweek.com)
  • Teespring, a company that sells custom-made T-shirts and is backed by millions of dollars in venture capital , is selling at least three items of clothing appearing to celebrate Dylann Roof, the South Carolina man who gunned down nine black churchgoers in 2015. (newsweek.com)
  • Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man charged with murdering nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church last year, is competent to stand trial on federal hate crime charges, a judge ruled Friday. (wgbh.org)
  • Roof is also facing separate murder charges brought by the state of South Carolina. (wgbh.org)
  • South Carolina shooter Dylann Roof possibly made a coded plea for help in the lead-up up to the church massacre that left nine dead, RadarOnline.com has learned. (radaronline.com)
  • Among the twisted, hate-filled photos now linked to Roof was an image of the madman squatting next to the grave of the former physician-in-chief of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane! (radaronline.com)
  • One recently unearthed photo of Roof shows him squatting by three graves at the Elmwood Memorial Gardens in Columbia, South Carolina. (radaronline.com)
  • Dylan Roof is accused of gunning down nine black parishioners in South Carolina. (wtxl.com)
  • Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Tuesday that the United States will seek the death penalty in its hate-crimes case against Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man accused of gunning down nine people in a Bible study group at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year. (abajournal.com)
  • JAISAL NOOR: Jurors in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday (December 15) found white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty of 33 counts of federal hate crimes in a shooting at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine people dead. (therealnews.com)
  • Dylann Roof, the alleged gunman authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year, was physically assaulted in jail by another inmate, a jail spokesperson said. (abccolumbia.com)
  • CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) - Twelve federal jurors said Tuesday that Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine people in a 2015 massacre at a historically black Charleston, South Carolina, church, should be put to death. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that they will seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old suspect in the attack that killed 9 people at the Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina last year. (handsoffcain.info)
  • Dylann Roof (R), the 21-year-old man charged with murdering nine worshippers at a historic black church in Charleston last month, listens to the proceedings with assistant defense attorney William Maguire during a hearing at the Judicial Center in Charleston, South Carolina in this July 16, 2015 file photo. (qcitymetro.com)
  • A federal jury has convicted Dylann Roof in the racially motivated slayings of nine black church members in South Carolina. (praiserichmond.com)
  • The sister of convicted killer Dylann Roof was arrested on Wednesday after she reportedly caught with weapons at a South Carolina school, a day after she allegedly posted a threatening message on social media. (crimeonline.com)
  • Dylann Roof was imprisoned before the 2016 election. (progressive.org)
  • Roof was convicted of 33 federal hate crime charges in December of 2016. (newsweek.com)
  • On Wednesday, according to Matt Apuzzo of the New York Times, federal prosecutors charged Dylann Roof, the alleged shooter in the June 17 massacre at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, on 33 counts - including hate crime charges and a charge of destroying or defacing religious property. (vox.com)
  • CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) - The man who assaulted admitted Emanuel AME Church shooter Dylann Roof, is now out of jail. (counton2.com)
  • D ylann Roof , the convicted Charleston, S.C., church shooter stopped at another African Methodist Episcopal church on the night he killed nine at the Mother Emmanuel AME church, according to newly released court documents which cited his GPS data. (majicatl.com)
  • On April 10, 2017, Roof was sentenced to nine consecutive sentences of life without parole after formally pleading guilty to state murder charges. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2017, Richardson led that case against Roof, which led to the killer being the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. (theroot.com)
  • Prosecutors have said Roof was trying to make his way to Nashville, Tennessee, after the shootings. (abcactionnews.com)
  • The federal government has charged Roof with hate crimes and other offenses in the shootings. (abcactionnews.com)
  • After the shootings, Roof said: "I didn't talk to them. (wtkr.com)
  • About a week ago, a federal judge declared that Dylann Roof was competent to stand trial for allegedly murdering nine people in the Charleston Church shootings. (uproxx.com)
  • Defense attorneys have said in both state and federal courts that Roof is willing to plead guilty and serve a life term in prison if prosecutors don't seek the death penalty. (abcactionnews.com)
  • U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the federal grand jury charges against 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof during a 3 p.m. news conference on Wednesday. (wistv.com)
  • Gergel then concluded that Roof was competent to stand trial. (wgbh.org)
  • Gergel found Roof competent to stand trial earlier this month but when jury selection resumed last week, Roof asked to represent himself. (qcitymetro.com)
  • Roof has been housed at the Charleston County Detention Center since being brought back from North Carolina a day after the June 17, 2015, slayings of nine parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Roof, 21, fatally shot nine people inside the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17, seemingly targeting that location for its own symbolism. (radaronline.com)
  • The Post and Courier 's Andrew Knapp and Jennifer Berry Hawes report, "Nearly a year after gunfire interrupted a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church, federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old suspect in a racially motivated attack that killed nine black worshippers. (religionandpolitics.org)
  • He reportedly planned to open fire at a Bible study there, but Roof told FBI officials that he was "too tired" after the attack at the Emanuel AME church to continue shooting. (majicatl.com)
  • Roof, who represented himself during the sentencing phase of the trial, told the jury, "I felt like I had to do it, and I still do feel like I had to do it," but still asked jurors to spare his life. (theweek.com)
  • In all, Roof was indicted by a grand jury on 33 federal counts. (newsone.com)
  • Last week, Dylann, who was representing himself, gave his opening statement to the jury, telling them to forget anything his former lawyers had previously said about his mental stability or lack thereof. (inquisitr.com)
  • On Dec. 15, a federal jury convicted white supremacist Dylann Roof of the heinous massacre of nine Black parishioners of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. (workers.org)
  • A federal jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015. (wtxl.com)
  • Federal prosecutors had told the jury that Roof was driven by racial hatred when he gunned down members of the church during a Bible study, after months of meticulous planning, a federal prosecutor argued before jurors began deliberating on Thursday. (therealnews.com)
  • Before the jury deliberated his fate for three hours, Roof told the jury he still feels he had no choice. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • Dylann Roof, 22, sent a handwritten note to U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel saying that he now wished to bring back his defense team, at least temporarily, for a trial that began last week with jury selection. (qcitymetro.com)
  • Roof began helping with jury selection last week, occasionally raising objections to a juror being qualified or struck. (qcitymetro.com)
  • Roof, who allegedly conducted internet research on historically black churches before carrying out the massacre at Mother Emanuel Church, previously asked the court to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. (uproxx.com)
  • Kieran Corcoran, "Roof named Charleston as his target in hate-filled manifesto that referred to blacks as 'stupid and violent' and detailed his wish for every Jew to turn BLUE," Daily Mail, June 20, 2015, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3132670/Dylann-Roof-manifesto-Killer-unveils-Charleston-target-church-massacre-calls-black-people-stupid-violent-complains-s-no-real-KKK-help-him.html . (counterextremism.com)
  • A t-shirt honoring mass murderer Dylann Roof is sold online at TeeSpring. (newsweek.com)
  • TeeSpring sells hooded sweatshirts that celebrate the life of mass murderer Dylann Roof. (newsweek.com)
  • And as set forth in the indictment, while the parishioners of Mother Emanuel were engaged in religious worship and bible study, Dylann Roof drew his pistol and opened fire on them, ultimately killing nine church members. (wistv.com)
  • Roof has never showed any remorse for his actions, claiming he had to kill the nine innocent parishioners. (inquisitr.com)
  • After several people identified Roof as the main suspect, he became the center of a manhunt that ended the morning after the shooting with his arrest in Shelby, North Carolina. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gergel had previously asked Roof to reconsider his decision despite how court documents revealed that he and his attorneys disagreed over how to present a mystery piece of evidence. (uproxx.com)
  • Judge Richard Gergel will formally sentence Roof on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • The 22-year-old Roof was examined by jail medical personnel and then returned to his cell, Charleston County Sheriff's Maj. (abcactionnews.com)
  • While Roof sat in jail, awaiting trial for his terrible crime, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. (progressive.org)
  • Roof is currently in jail in Charleston, facing nine counts of murder and one count of possessing a firearm. (radaronline.com)
  • The incident report calls the assault "unprovoked," and Roof and Stafford were "checked by medical at the jail and cleared," the report states. (abccolumbia.com)
  • I have not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed," Dylann Roof wrote while in jail. (crimeonline.com)
  • Prosecutors allege Roof talked of starting a race war and posed with the Confederate battle flag before the killings. (abcactionnews.com)
  • After he was captured, authorities learned Roof had written what they termed a manifesto, and also posed for photos, including one with a US flag burning in one hand and another with a Confederate flag. (wtkr.com)
  • Roof, who posed in online pictures with the Confederate battle flag, allegedly told his victims he had to kill them because blacks were taking over and were "raping our women. (heraldnet.com)
  • Roof, who is white, appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and purportedly wrote of racial violence. (wistv.com)
  • Many of the photographs show Mr Roof posing with the Confederate flag, a symbol used in the US south during the civil war when southern states tried to break away to prevent the abolition of slavery. (nehandaradio.com)
  • According to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, just before 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 4 while Dylan Roof was in the process of preparing for a shower, he was physically assaulted by Dwayne Stafford, 26, of Goose Creek. (counton2.com)
  • Roof faces the death penalty in upcoming trials in both federal and state courts. (abcactionnews.com)
  • The decision to hand Roof the death penalty was unanimous, beyond a reasonable doubt, on all fronts , including that the crime was racially motivated. (theweek.com)
  • Roof, 22, is the first person sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. (theweek.com)
  • Eighteen of the 33 charges against Roof could potentially carry the death penalty, while conviction on each of the others could mean a life prison sentence. (newser.com)
  • Roof also faces numerous state charges, including nine counts of murder and another potential death penalty prosecution. (newser.com)
  • Roof, 28, is on federal death row at a maximum-security prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. (npr.org)
  • The defendant, 22-year-old Dylann Roof, sat motionless throughout, as he has since his death penalty trial began last Wednesday. (heraldnet.com)
  • Although Roof has pleaded not guilty, his attorney David Bruck, a renowned anti-death penalty advocate, told jurors that he didn't expect them to find his client not guilty. (heraldnet.com)
  • Thanks to Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, we have a narrative - #blacklivesmatter - that helps draw connections between Walter Scott's death at the hands of the police in North Charleston, and the slaughter of nine of Charleston's finest citizens at the hands of Dylann Roof. (ethanzuckerman.com)
  • Dylann Roof , 21, was also indicted on other charges, including killing someone while obstructing religious freedom, a charge eligible for the death penalty. (newsone.com)
  • But if prosecuting Roof in federal court instead of state court makes it possible to charge him with a hate crime, it also has something prosecutors might see as a drawback: It will be harder and more complicated to sentence him to death in federal court. (vox.com)
  • Roof actually couldn't be sentenced to death on hate crime charges alone. (vox.com)
  • Dylann Roof, a convicted murderer, has been sentenced to death. (inquisitr.com)
  • Do you agree with the jury's decision to sentence Dylann Roof to death? (inquisitr.com)
  • Roof faces the death penalty . (wgbh.org)
  • Dylann Roof, 21, was previously charged with nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for the killings at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and could face the death penalty if convicted. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Roof also faces a separate state court murder case in which the death penalty is being sought, the newspaper notes. (abajournal.com)
  • Roof has indicated he wants to serve as his own lawyer during the penalty phase of his trial, where prosecutors plan to pursue a death sentence should he be convicted. (therealnews.com)
  • His statement followed a prosecutor's impassioned, two-hour argument in a Charleston courtroom urging jurors to give Roof the death penalty instead of their other option, life in prison without possibility of parole. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • Roof faces the death penalty in a state murder trial set to begin early next year. (qcitymetro.com)
  • Defense attorneys, who are trying to save Roof from the death penalty, argued previously that there was no evidence to suggest that he planned to carry out a second church attack. (majicatl.com)
  • As set forth in the indictment, several months prior to the tragic events of June 17, Roof conceived of his goal of increasing racial tensions throughout the nation and seeking retribution for perceived wrongs he believed African Americans had committed against white people," Lynch said. (wistv.com)
  • That puts a lot of pressure on prosecutors to make sure Roof is found guilty of that particular charge. (vox.com)
  • Another friend, Dalton Tyler, told ABC News that "[Roof] was big into segregation and other stuff. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Roof confessed to killing nine people at the historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Wednesday night, sources told NBC News. (blackchristiannews.com)
  • ABC News reports that on June 17, 2015, Roof left Mother Emmanuel and traveled to the Branch AME Church, about 30 minutes away. (majicatl.com)
  • Roof, who admitted to police he killed the nine people attending a prayer meeting because they were Black, was already facing nine counts of murder in state court, but the Justice Department said "the shooting was so horrific and racially motivated that the federal government must address it," the Times writes. (newsone.com)
  • Dylann Roof admitted that the killings were racially-motivated and described himself as a white supremist. (crimeonline.com)
  • Mr Roof was arrested on Thursday and charged with the murders of nine African-Americans at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in downtown Charleston. (nehandaradio.com)
  • Roof could file a 2255 appeal, or request that the trial court review the constitutionality of his conviction and sentence if he can't get a direct appeal. (theroot.com)
  • From what I've been told, I have a right to ask you to give me a life sentence, but I'm not sure what good that will do anyway," Roof said. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • Yet another of those images reportedly portrays Roof on Sullivan's Island, or the place where about half of the 400,000 slaves brought to America entered the colonies. (radaronline.com)
  • Roof has taken the judge's advice, but he clearly wants to retain some control over his fate in the event that he should be declared guilty of multiple counts of murder. (uproxx.com)
  • The website contained photos of Roof posing with symbols of white supremacy and neo-Nazism, along with a manifesto in which he outlined his views toward black people, among other groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Roof successfully prevented jurors from hearing evidence about his mental health, "under the delusion," his attorneys wrote, that "he would be rescued from prison by white-nationalists - but only, bizarrely, if he kept his mental-impairments out of the public record. (theroot.com)
  • As mass killer Dylann Roof stands trial, we are witnessing a transition to the Trump Administration, which has embraced white supremacist rhetoric and support, and made a hero of the "alt right" white supremacist movement a top White House advisor. (progressive.org)
  • The writings, which an FBI agent read aloud, were among several pieces of evidence presented by the prosecution, including images from a web site Roof created that featured his rant on white supremacy and photos of him. (wtkr.com)
  • Authorities have linked Mr. Roof to a racist Internet manifesto and said he was in contact with white supremacist groups before his attack on the Emanuel A.M.E. Church. (newsone.com)
  • But federal officials believe "murder" doesn't really encompass what Roof is accused of doing - especially after the discovery of a white supremacist manifesto on a website that has been traced back to Roof. (vox.com)
  • Roof, who is white, faced either life in prison or execution for the slayings on June 17, 2015. (wtxl.com)
  • A few weeks before the shooting, Roof complained to a friend that "blacks were taking over the world" and "someone needed to do something about it for the white race," the Associated Press reported. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • For weeks, the prosecution had presented evidence that Roof is a white supremacist whose violent racism drove him to kill black people. (wmot.org)
  • Roof told investigators he had read the Wikipedia article for Martin, and then, "for some reason after I read that, I," he paused before continuing, "I typed in - for some reason it made me type in the words black on white crime. (wmot.org)
  • Roof, an avowed white supremacist, shot and killed nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston in June 2015. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • Richardson referred to what Roof had told investigators in a recorded interview: That "somebody had to do it," in part because "black people are killing white people every day. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • During a brief arraignment in federal court, defense attorney David Bruck said that he couldn't counsel his client, Dylann Roof, to enter a guilty plea without knowing the government's intentions. (newser.com)
  • At stake is whether Roof deserves to die or spend the rest of his life in prison. (heraldnet.com)
  • While authorities earlier said Stafford would be charged with assault, Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon told reporters that Roof and his attorneys don't want to press charges. (abcactionnews.com)
  • According to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, authorities detained Morgan Roof at the high school and found her in possession of marijuana, pepper spray, and a knife. (crimeonline.com)
  • During a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Roof killed nine people, all African Americans, including senior pastor and state senator Clementa C. Pinckney, and injured a tenth person. (wikipedia.org)
  • To carry out these twin goals of fanning racial flames and exacting revenge, Roof further decided to seek out and murder African Americans because of their race. (wistv.com)
  • On that summer evening, Dylann Roof found his targets, African Americans engaged in worship," Lynch said. (wistv.com)
  • When Dylann Roof shot and killed nine African Americans at a bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, it was a hate crime. (ethanzuckerman.com)
  • The attorney told jurors more explanation was needed to understand what pushed Roof to act in the way he did. (therealnews.com)
  • Roof, a frightening human being, a hate-monger, posted racist remarks on his Internet site before he went on his killing spree. (progressive.org)
  • There was also widespread concern that Dylann Roof might be emblematic of a larger phenomenon-that our nation is moving backward toward the repressive racist culture of the 1950s. (progressive.org)
  • Roof also reiterated his racist beliefs to investigators in an FBI video of his confession, shown in court on Friday. (wtkr.com)
  • By anyone's definition, Roof is a racist, but surely this is too facile an explanation. (heraldnet.com)
  • Roof had chillingly commented on his crime in a blatantly racist manifesto that he published online. (workers.org)
  • The event that truly awakened me was the Trayvon Martin case," Roof wrote in the racist manifesto he published online, a cached version of which was saved to Internet archive sites. (wmot.org)
  • It's entirely possible that federal prosecutors could decide to prosecute Roof in federal court for a hate crime and in state court for murder, as rare as that is. (vox.com)
  • Since there's no question that what Roof is accused of doing would count as murder, the federal government doesn't need to step in to ensure a conviction. (vox.com)
  • Roof was convicted last month of all 33 federal charges against him. (wtxl.com)
  • Roof, who is accused of murder and hate crimes, faces a federal trial set for November and a state trial set to begin early next year. (abccolumbia.com)
  • I didn't have to do anything," Roof said as he made his own five-minute closing argument in the penalty phase of his federal trial. (amsterdamnews.com)
  • Roof was indicted in July on 33 federal charges, including the hate crimes. (handsoffcain.info)
  • So when Roof asked Google for information about race, what did the search engine show him? (wmot.org)
  • Epstein says the closest approximation of what Roof saw on Google begins with the search engine's "autocomplete" feature. (wmot.org)
  • That night, at Mother Emanuel, Roof fired 70 rounds from a Glock .45-caliber pistol as a dozen people stood for prayers, with their eyes closed, prosecutors said. (wtkr.com)
  • Asked how many people he killed that day, Roof replied calmly: "If I was going to guess, five maybe. (wtkr.com)
  • For almost an hour, according to previous reports, Roof sat among these welcoming people, pretending to share their spiritual purpose, and then opened fire in a blaze of resigned fury. (heraldnet.com)
  • Fans of The Daily Stormer and others in the alt-right movement have paid homage to Roof by posting pictures of his hairstyle or superimposing it onto the heads of other people through the use of Photoshop. (newsweek.com)
  • This undated photo appeared on a website investigated by the FBI in connection with Dylann Roof, who killed nine people in a Charleston, S.C., church in June 2015. (wmot.org)
  • Dylann Roof murdered nine people in a church basement in Charleston in 2015. (wmot.org)
  • According to the Washington Post , Elizabeth Lecron was charged with transportation of explosives and explosive material for the purpose of harming others, and had been sending letters to Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine people at a historically black church in Charleston in 2015 . (thecut.com)
  • Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon says this was the first incident with Roof since he was jailed last June. (counton2.com)
  • Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon said Stafford, 25, punched Roof, 22, "a number of times and assaulted him quickly. (abccolumbia.com)
  • The Dylann Roof Courtroom Drawings are dedicated to victims and survivors of the Mother Emanuel AME Shooting on June 17, 2015. (maniscalcogallery.com)
  • He considers his courtroom sketches, particularly on the Dylann Roof case , an extension of his artistic mission: to see anew, to see deeply, to challenge complacency, to expose lies, to fight for truth and explore the meaning of justice, individually and as a society. (maniscalcogallery.com)
  • Armed and on the run, Roof was allowed by cops to surrender with absolutely no harm to him. (workers.org)
  • Roof has reportedly told investigators that he wanted to start a race war with his actions. (ethanzuckerman.com)
  • Three days after the shooting, a website titled The Last Rhodesian was discovered and later confirmed by officials to be owned by Roof. (wikipedia.org)
  • Officials are investigating how Stafford managed to get through a cell door to reach Roof. (abcactionnews.com)
  • At about 7:45 a.m. this morning, Roof was near the showers when another inmate, Dwayne Stafford, left his cell and ran down a set of stairs and toward Roof, assaulting him with his hands, officials said. (abccolumbia.com)
  • Bennett Roof was allegedly verbally and physically abusive toward Mann. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the evening of June 17, Roof allegedly attended a Bible study at the church and sat with the group for an hour before opening fire, killing three men and six women. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Roof also is due to stand trial next year on state murder charges. (therealnews.com)
  • Roof fired his attorneys and represented himself during the sentencing phase of his capital trial, part of his effort to block evidence potentially portraying him as mentally ill. (npr.org)
  • Roof, 22, has confessed to killing nine members of the historically-black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church during a bible study on June 17, 2015. (wtkr.com)
  • As the Inquisitr previously reported, Roof was convicted last month of murdering nine African American church goers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church during a Bible study in June 2015. (inquisitr.com)
  • Roof has not said publicly why he wants to defend himself against charges stemming from the shooting attack, carried out during a Bible study session at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015. (qcitymetro.com)
  • Dylann Roof had his 45 caliber glock pistol and eight magazines loaded with hollow point bullets. (wistv.com)
  • I didn't say anything to them," Roof said of his victims. (wtkr.com)
  • a law enforcement officer asked the calm and composed Roof. (wtkr.com)
  • On February 28, 2015, mall security at the Columbiana Centre in Columbia called police after Roof, wearing all-black clothing, asked employees unsettling questions. (wikipedia.org)
  • When you read about Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine black men and women as they prayed, think about the patterns he represents. (ethanzuckerman.com)
  • Roof was 17 years old at the time, the same age Trayvon Martin was when neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman shot and killed the unarmed black teenager in 2012 . (wmot.org)
  • Factors weighing in favor of seeking the ultimate penalty, if Roof is convicted, include but are not limited to extensive premeditation, targeting individuals over 70 years old, the race-based nature of the crimes and his lack of remorse, said assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson in an apparent court filing on Tuesday. (abajournal.com)
  • We were later told Roof and his attorneys don't want to press charges. (counton2.com)
  • Cannon said Roof and his attorney have no desire to press charges against Stafford. (abccolumbia.com)