Justice Dept. to seek death penalty against Dylann Roof
- 8 years ago
Dylan Roof, accused of shooting nine African American churchgoers in South Carolina last year will face two death penalty trials, The 33-count federal indictment charged Roof with nine murders, three attempted murders and multiple firearms offenses as part of a long-planned assault in which Roof allegedly singled out victims "because of their race and in order to interfere with their exercise of their religion.'