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Dylann Roof Case Summary

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On the evening of June 17 2015, a group of twelve black church members accepted a stranger into their bible study. The stranger sat with the Bible study group for about 45 minutes, and then during the final prayer, when everyone's eyes were closed, he pulled out a gun and started firing. Dylann Roof killed nine of the twelve people present, only three survived. He was convicted of 33 federal charges, including hate crimes, obstruction of religion and firearms charges. He has just recently been sentenced to death. Roof decided to defend himself and called on no witnesses and did not produce any evidence for his case. He did not even ask jurors to spare his life. The prosecution however called around 38 witnesses, including family and friends

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