Dylann Roof is sentenced to death after refusing to voice remorse over claiming the lives of nine African Americans during a racially motivated mass shooting.
In final arguments to jurors on Tuesday, Roof did not even ask them to spare his life, voicing doubt “what good it would do” to ask for life behind bars instead of execution,
“I still feel like I had to do it,” Roof said. “Anyone who hates anything in their mind has a good reason for it.”
Members of the jury began deliberations late Tuesday to come up with a unanimous decision, whose absence would have automatically meant life prison for Dylann.
HIs defense team released a statement,voicing sympathy for “all of the families who were so grievously hurt by Dylann Roof’s actions”, adding, “Today’s sentencing decision means that this case will not be over for a very long time. We are sorry that, despite our best efforts, the legal proceedings have shed so little light on the…