09-03-2015, 04:37 PM
Death Penalty Sought for South Carolina Mass Murderer
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Court documents filed Thursday said prosecutors would pursue the death penalty against 21-year-old Dylann Roof (pictured above) because more than two people were killed, and that others' lives were put at risk.
"This was the ultimate crime and justice from our state calls for the ultimate punishment," South Carolina prosecutor Scarlett Wilson said at a press conference today.
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^ Wilson told the press that some victims and some family members of victims of the shootings at the black church, because of their faith, do not believe in the death penalty under any circumstance. Others believe the death penalty is entirely appropriate.
But she said that forgiveness does not mean foregoing consequences.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/charleston-c...utor-says/
Court documents filed Thursday said prosecutors would pursue the death penalty against 21-year-old Dylann Roof (pictured above) because more than two people were killed, and that others' lives were put at risk.
"This was the ultimate crime and justice from our state calls for the ultimate punishment," South Carolina prosecutor Scarlett Wilson said at a press conference today.
^ Wilson told the press that some victims and some family members of victims of the shootings at the black church, because of their faith, do not believe in the death penalty under any circumstance. Others believe the death penalty is entirely appropriate.
But she said that forgiveness does not mean foregoing consequences.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/charleston-c...utor-says/