DOJ to seek death penalty in Dylan Roof's federal trial: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2842103/roof-intent-to-seek-the-death-penalty.pdf …pic.twitter.com/CMipc8a1Hv
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DOJ to seek death penalty in Dylan Roof's federal trial: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2842103/roof-intent-to-seek-the-death-penalty.pdf …pic.twitter.com/CMipc8a1Hv
"Racially motivated killing" is one of the non-statutory aggravating factors the DOJ says justifies seeking the death penalty.
AG Lynch, on seeking death here: "The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this decision."pic.twitter.com/AdONGhttZE
Here's the "racially motivated killing" language:pic.twitter.com/1Lmzvdq5xx
Here's DOJ's full notice that they intend to seek the death penalty against Dylan Roof: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2842103/roof-intent-to-seek-the-death-penalty.pdf …
I asked Lynch about the Roof case when I interviewed her on April 29, but she didn't say much. Here's what she said:pic.twitter.com/L9Ob4KbXqC
Here are the relevant portions of the U.S. Code at issue in the Dylann Roof death penalty decision:https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-II/chapter-228 …
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