Attorneys for Dylann Roof Set to Argue That a Racist Mass Murderer’s Conviction and Death Sentence Should Be Overturned – By Zack Linly (The Root) / Mar 31 2021
Listen: I have many issues with the death penalty and the way it’s practiced in the U.S., but that doesn’t change the fact that there are certain people whose executions I’m more than happy to advocate for.
Dylann Roof needs to die.
But our legal system allows anyone—even an unabashed white supremacist who murdered nine people in their place of worship and has since not shown an ounce of remorse—to appeal their convictions if there is legal precedence to do so.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that on May 25, Roof and his attorneys are scheduled to go before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals where they are expected to argue that Roof’s conviction and death sentence should be overturned.
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