That in the better part of a century, slalted for tomorrow. The one youre watching right now, confirmation hearings, general john kelly for Homeland Security. Senator carper among those doing introductions on the generals behalf saying that he would be the right man for the right mission at the right time. All of this as were preparing for what could be a big day tomorrow. The kelly hearings should wrap up today. No guarantee. The only one slated for more than one day is Jeff Sessions 24e6789 took a break and will be returning. Among the news items that came out, was that he would recuse himself if a clinton email investigation were to ensue. He didnt rule out the possibility of appointing a special prosecutor but he didnt favor it either. He said that it is a possible witness. Possibility. He wont to say in the Jeff Sessions hearing, youre watching the general kelly hearing right now, but in the sessions hearing he did say that samesex marriage although hes opposed to the Supreme Cour
remained unrepen tanlt and reminded jurors as recently as this very trial he had attended some of the hearings walking into the courtroom wearing shoes with hand written racist symbols on them. obviously the jurors were persuaded by the prosecution s case and their closing argument agreeing that dylann roof should pay the ultimate penalty for killing nine members of emmanuel ame church in 2015. neil? neil: thank you. former defense attorney jeg jarrett on what he makes of this. gregg jarrett, he didn t express much remorse for this. but even when a death penalty is handed down, it can take some time. yes, it can. this is pretty quick. dylann roof himself pounded the nail in his own coffin, he was model of ineptitude when he
severe punishment that would put somebody in a cage for the rest of their life, a quick, painless death by lethal injection. none of that was here. it is no surprise that within two or three hours this jury voted unanimously, neil, for death. neil: gregg, what happens, there are many of those who even when it s not requested will either, you know, against the death penalty, they will advocate on mr. roof s behalf to stall that or go through the legal process to keep this thing dragging out. how likely is that? you see it often with the death penalty cases where it can go on for years. it can. although, about a decade ago the federal government tried to put in an expedited method. timothy mcveigh is one individual who waived his right to appeal. he was put to death fairly quickly. that can happen here.
. neil: dylan roof has been sentenced to death, in the charleston, south carolina. the man behind the killing of nine churchgoers at a prae dominantly black church in charleston, south carolina. acted as his own lawyer without calling any with its in his own defense. the only issue, whether he would be facing life in prison or death. it is death. jonathan is here with more. dylan roof looked down with his hands folded as the jury read its verdict. they agreed to all of the prosecution s allegations against him that he willfulfully committed these murders, hated african-americans, that was a hate crime, then they handed down their decision that dylan roof, indeed, should be sentenced to death. the jury had to come up with a unanimous individual on the sentence in order for him to be sentenced to execution.
otherwise, the default sentence would have been life in prison without the possibility of release. earlier today, dylann roof acting as his own attorney, delivered his own closing argument. his closing argument lasted for only five minutes. he quietly asked the jury to give him a life sentence. and then rhetorically asked the jury, quote, wouldn t it be fair to say that the prosecution hates me because they re trying to give me the death penalty. anyone who hates anything in their mind has a good reason for it. sometimes that s because they ve been misled and sometimes it isn t. but i would say that in this case, the prosecution along with anyone else who hates me are the ones who have been misled. in his brief closing argument, dylann roof argued he was not filled with hapt as the prosecution allege, but the lead prosecutor in the says delivering a closing argument that lasted a little bit longer than two hours, argued that roof