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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Supreme Court denies Dylann Roof’s death penalty appeal

Grace Beahm

The Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, who killed nine members of a Black church in 2015.

Roof pleaded guilty in 2017 and was given nine consecutive life sentences. He was later tried and convicted in federal court for committing hate crimes, and became the first US citizen to be sentenced to death for a federal hate crime.

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