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Supreme Court Rejects Charleston Church Gunman’s Appeal

By Nate Raymond, Reuters
Dylann Roof is escorted into the court room at the Charleston County Judicial Center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in state court for the 2015 shooting massacre at a historic Black church, in Charleston, S.C., April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Grace Beahm/Pool
Oct 12, 2022
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear white supremacist Dylann Roof’s bid to overturn his conviction and death sentence for fatally shooting nine Black people in 2015 at a church in Charleston, S.C.

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Dylann Roof is escorted into the court room at the Charleston County Judicial Center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in state court for the 2015 shooting massacre at a historic Black church, in Charleston, S.C., April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Grace Beahm/Pool