Watch Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death for Murdering Nine Black Churchgoers News Video

“Twelve federal jurors said Tuesday that Dylann Roof, the man who killed nine people in a 2015 massacre at a historically black Charleston, South Carolina, church, should be put to death.

“The 10 women and two men recommended the death penalty for all 18 counts that carried that as a possible sentence.

“Roof will become the first federal hate crime defendant to be sentenced to death, a Justice Department spokesman said.

“Judge Richard Gergel will formally sentence Roof on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. ET. Roof, who represented himself during the penalty phase, told Gergel he wanted to file a motion for new lawyers.

“Gergel said Roof can argue that on Wednesday but he is not inclined to let that happen.”

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