Trial of Dylann Roof
2016 murder trial in South Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States v. Roof F. Supp. 3d 419(D.S.C. 2016) (officially the United States of America v. Dylann Storm Roof) was a 2017 federal trial involving mass murderer Dylann Roof and his role in the Charleston church shooting in 2015. Five days after the shooting, Roof was indicted on 33 federal charges, including 12 counts of committing a hate crime against black victims. On May 24, 2016, the Justice Department announced that Roof would face the death penalty. As he was already facing the death penalty in his state trial, Roof became the first person in U.S. history to face both a federal and state death penalty at the same time.
United States v. Roof | |
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Court | United States District Court for the District of South Carolina |
Full case name | United States of America v. Dylann Storm Roof |
Decided | December 15, 2016 |
Verdict | Found guilty on all 33 federal charges |
Defendant(s) | Dylann Storm Roof |
Citation(s) | F. Supp. 3d 419 |
Case history | |
Subsequent action(s) | State of South Carolina v. Dylann Roof (April 2017) United States v. Roof, 10 F.4th 314 (4th Cir. 2021) Dylann Roof was sentenced to death by the federal government on January 10, 2017 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Richard Gergel |
On December 15, 2016, the jury found Roof guilty on all 33 federal counts he had been charged with. He was sentenced to death on January 10, 2017.
Roof later pleaded guilty to the state charges in order to avoid another death sentence, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.