(10 Jan 2017) An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime.
Melvin Graham, whose sister Cynthia Hurd was slain, said he thought the jury made the right decision.
"How do you justify saving one life when he took nine in such a brutal fashion with no remorse? He just took them away from us because he wanted to." he said outside the courthouse.
Roof specifically picked out Emanuel AME Church, the South's oldest black church, to carry out the cold, calculated slaughter, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson said.
The 12 people he targeted opened the door for a stranger with a smile, he said. Three people survived the attack.
A jury deliberated for about three hours before returning with the decision, capping a trial in which the 22-year-old avowed white supremacist did not fight for his life or show any remorse.
He served as his own attorney during sentencing and never asked for forgiveness or mercy or explained the massacre.
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