beautiful place. mother emanuel s pastor was killed that day. it was a democratic state senator as well as a pastor. his name was reverend pinkney. his daughter said, quote, my sister and i are going to go home realizing the government didn t sit in silence. they paid attention, and they valued my father s life, and they valued the lives of the eight other people who died. these killings happened six years ago in 2015. the thing about the fbi screwing up the background check, or not completing the background check, that s been known for a long time. the fbi knew that the background check mistake was made. they apologized for it just weeks after the killing. given that, i don t know why it took six years for the justice department to decide that they no longer wanted to fight these lawsuits and they happened to they wanted to make this settlement with the victims
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he offered no apology for the killing of nine black churchgoers at the historic ame church. instead, prosecutors read portions of what he wrote in a journal. i m not sorry, he wrote. the prosecution s first witness, the widow of the reverend pinkney. she huddled in a locked office after hearing the gunshots, her six-year-old daughter whispered, daddy s dead? no, no, baby. she knew her husband of 16 years was gone. after the emotional testimony, roof chose not to cross-examine her. mental health experts say it s exceedingly rare for defendants to represent themselves in death penalty cases. just because he s been found competent to stand trial doesn t mean he hasn t been found to have a serious mental illness. he does fit the profile of
we would like to remember those who were killed at mother emmanuel ame church. reverend pinkney, 41 years old, senior pastor at the church. sharonda coleman-singleton. twanza sanders, 2014 graduate of allen university. ethel lance, 70, worked for 30 years as mother emmanuel. susie jackson, 87, a long-time emmanuel ame church member. also the cousin of lance. cynthia herd, 54 years old, worked as a regional branch manager from the charleston county public library system. myra thompson, she had two children of her own as well as a stepchild. reverend daniel simmons senior, 74, retired pastor from another church in charleston. depayne middleton, 49 years old, retired government employee and at christmas eve is one week
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