Why Was Dylan Roof Charged On The Federal Level

To be sentenced at a higher level if it were.

Why was dylan roof charged on the federal level.

Dylann storm roof a ninth grade dropout who learned to hate black people on the internet was convicted thursday of 33 counts of federal hate crimes for slaughtering nine. A grand jury has indicted dylann roof the confessed gunman who killed nine people during a bible study at a historic black church in charleston south carolina on 33 federal counts including hate. Dylann roof the man accused of killing nine people at a charleston south carolina church on wednesday has been charged with nine counts of homicide and possession of a firearm during commission of a violent crime. Dylann roof charged with 9 counts of murder.

Lynch decided to pursue the death penalty even though roof could also face a death sentence in his state trial where he is charged with multiple counts of murder scheduled to start in january 2017. Statutes explains why roof was not charged with terrorism the government. The department of justice charged dylann roof with murder in the commission of a hate crime on wednesday but not domestic terrorism. Last week dylann roof was charged with 33 criminal acts including hate crimes and firearm violations for his killing spree at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina.

Roof was already charged at the state level but not with a hate crime south carolina doesn t have a separate law that gives harsher sentences to hate crimes. Dylann roof who already faces murder charges in state court was indicted on federal hate crime charges in the shootings deaths of nine black parishioners at emanuel a m e. State of south carolina. Pinckney and injured.

During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c. Why dylann roof is a terrorist under federal law and why it matters.