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Man convicted over Charleston church killings sentenced to death in US

A man who killed nine black people attending a Bible study in an historic church in the US city of Charleston has been sentenced to death. Dylann Storm Roof, 22, was last month convicted of 33 federal offences, relating to the June, 2015, shootings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Those killed were aged between […]

White supremacist found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre in US

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RNS/Reuters A federal jury on Thursday found avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty on all counts for gunning down nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston last year. Twelve jurors deliberated for a little under two hours after six days of chilling testimony about the bloodshed during a Bible study at Emanuel African […]