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.
Roof death sentence.
Dylann roof the convicted shooter in the assault on emanuel ame church in charleston south carolina that left a total of 12 victims killing nine of them was sentenced to.
White supremacist dylann roof on tuesday appealed his federal convictions and death sentence in the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in south carolina arguing that he was.
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.
Roof an avowed white supremacist was convicted of federal murder and hate crimes charges and he was sentenced to death in january 2017.
Prosecutors said he specifically chose emanuel ame the south s oldest black church to carry out the massacre.
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 carolina on june 17 2015.