And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with that moment of justice in charleston. Dylann roof, found guilty on every count after those nine worshippers invited him to join them in prayer in that charleston church. The same jury will now decide if he gets the death penalty. And theyll make that decision, knowing the stories of each of his victims. Abcs Steve Osunsami in that courtroom as the verdict was read. Reporter that word, guilty, means so much tonight, to the families of the victims who crowded a courtroom on the fourth floor of this courthouse. To people watching across the country expecting to see justice. Hatred was on trial and it lost. Guilty 33 times. 22yearold Dylann Storm Roof was hauled away in this black van. Reverend Sharon Risher is the daughter of ethel lance, one of the nine people he executed in the basement of this historic black church, in the name of so called white supremacy. Mama. Mama. They got it right. Reporter before their
Us here on a thursday night. And we begin with that moment of justice in charleston. Dylann roof, found guilty on every count after those nine worshippers invited him to join them in prayer in that charleston church. The same jury will now decide if he gets the death penalty. And theyll make that decision, knowing the stories of each of his victims. Abcs Steve Osunsami in that courtroom as the verdict was read. Reporter that word, guilty, means so much tonight, to the families of the victims who crowded a courtroom on the fourth floor of this courthouse. To people watching across the country expecting to see justice. Hatred was on trial and it lost. Guilty 33 times. 22yearold Dylann Storm Roof was hauled away in this black van. Reverend Sharon Risher is the daughter of ethel lance, one of the nine people he executed in the basement of this historic black church, in the name of so called white supremacy. Mama. Mama. They got it right this time. They got it right. Reporter before their v
Pelley dylann roof alone decided who would live or die when he opened fire on a group of African Americans who had invited him into their bible study. He killed nine of the 12. Now a jury, nine whites, three blacks, will decide whether he lives after convicting him today of all 33 charges in a federal hate crimes trial. Mark strassmann is at the courthouse in charleston, south carolina. Reporter dylann roofs jury took two hours to find him guilty of gunning down nine bible studiers in a church because they were black. Oh, my goodness, i could go on and on about tywanza. Reporter Felicia Sanders survived the attack. Her son tywanza was killed in front of her. During her testimony, she called out roof for refusing to look at her. That goes to show you how cold and callous he is. You slaughtered nine people and look . Reporter this morning in closing argument, federal prosecutor Nathan Williams called him a man of immense hatred, committing an act of tremendous cowardice, shooting them wh
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Murders of nine black parishioners. Mark strassmann is in charleston. Reporter dylann roof spoke softly and calmly to jurors. The reason i chose to represent myself was to prevent my lawyers from presenting a Mental Health evaluation. Forget what my attorneys have told you about myMental Health. There is nothing wrong with me psychologically. He did not apologize. He also never admitted to the killings the way he did to fbi agents the day he was arrested. Reporter assistant u. S. Attorney Nathan Williams was emphatic today. This reporter williams introduced roofs jailhouse journal, which he wrote six weeks after the murders. Clementa pinckney, mother emanuels pastor, was one of them. His wife jennifer and sixyear old daughter malana were hiding under a desk in this adjoining office during the massacre. Jennifer pinckney told jurors, as roof kept shooting, the petrified girl whispered to her, mama, is daddy going to die . By then, Clementa Pinckney lay among the dead and dying. Sharon r