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Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for the murders of nine black church members during a Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina.

Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges, including murder and hate crimes. They jury returned after deliberating over his sentence for about three hours on Tuesday to announce their decision that he should be executed.

Earlier on Tuesday, Roof had told the court he was not sure “what good it would do” to ask jurors for life in prison instead of execution, showing no remorse for the massacre.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...sentenced-to-death-charleston-church-shooting

 

[Melkezadek]

Good.

 

[RPGCrazied]

So he gets the easy way out? Man, he would suffer more in jail for life. I don't agree with this.

 

[lem0n]

Aw, lame. I wanted him to rot in a box for the rest of his life, but I suppose this'll do.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Capital Punishment is wrong.

 

[CrocMother]

And so he becomes a martyr.

 

[Ashby]

They gave a murdering psychopath exactly what he wanted. Yay?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

The death penalty is barbaric. He, and others guilty of similarly heinous crimes, should get life in prison and nothing more.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

Another win for retribution, another loss for humanity.

One day we'll figure out that killing people doesn't undo their crimes or the hurt they caused.

 

[Snowybreak]

Death is too good for this shitstain.

 

[HStallion]

And so he becomes a martyr.

Stupid question I probably don't want the answer to but is Roof idolized in racist circles?

 

[Flame Lord]

This obviously what he wanted so I'm disappointed, but I hear it takes year, sometimes even decades before they actually put people down. Best case scenario, he rots for 10-20 years and people forget about him and he's offed unceremoniously.

 

[RangerX]

The man is monstrous but I don't agree with the death penalty.

 

[Osahi]

Good.

The death sentence is never good. A society should be above the level of a killer, no matter how terrible the crime

 

[GravityInsanity]

I'm against death penalties. Dylann Roof should suffer in prison for the rest of his life.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Wish they didn't give him what he wanted.

 

[kmax]

I'm glad that he's sentenced and found guilty in the eyes of the law. However, capital punishment is not, and will never be the answer.

 

[HStallion]

This obviously what he wanted so I'm disappointed, but I hear it takes year, sometimes even decades before they actually put people down. Best case scenario, he rots for 10-20 years and people forget about him and he's offed unceremoniously.

Its usually much more expensive to actually get someone the death penalty than just keeping them in prison with all the lawyer fees, appeals and so on.

 

[_Ryo_]

Capital punishment is wrong, also its what he wanted, also its the easy way out.

Should have to live out the rest of his life in prison.

 

[One Eyed Willy]

 

[Kusagari]

They gave him what he wanted.

Stupid.

 

[Square2015]

I wish it could be death by lynching.

 

[Dishwalla]

Yeah this is what he wanted, that's why he elected to represent himself.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Damnit, He should rot in a cell for the rest of life. Capital Punishment is wrong.

 

[Gattsu25]

I'm usually against the death penalty due to fears that an innocent person would get killed for a crime they did not commit.

I'm struggling to disagree with this sentence, however.

 

[Kastrioti]

I go back and forth on the death penalty but if there was ever a case where it is justified it's this one.

 

[Lemaitre]

How long will the courts take to actually execute the guy?

 

[Xando]

Smh giving this asshole the easy way out.
Should have rotted in some hole for the rest of his life.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Welp..

Aw, lame. I wanted him to rot in a box for the rest of his life, but I suppose this'll do.

But then taxpayers gotta feed him and keep him healthy..

 

[mlclmtckr]

I wish he'd just cut out the middle man and done himself instead of killing nine people.

 

[collige]

Disappointed, but not surprised.

 

[RinsFury]

I'd rather have him imprisoned 24 hours a day in a tiny windowless jail cell for the rest of his worthless life.

 

[ReAxion]

Damn. Wanted him to rot.

 

[Black Knight]

So he gets the easy way out? Man, he would suffer more in jail for life. I don't agree with this.

Can you leave the Alt-left sentiment out of your comments on this situation? Fuck him, left him burn alive.

 

[Hazmat]

I don't condone the death penalty, but this was a forgone conclusion in a jurisdiction that allows it given how terrible his crimes were. I would have voted against it if I were on the jury, but you're not going to catch me protesting to save this shitstain's life.

 

[NimbusD]

So he lives on death row for how long, sucking up how much money, for what? Just let him rot in a jail cell.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Should've thrown in a haircut, too.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I don't agree with capital punishment at all, in any circumstances, but "they gave him what he wanted" is completely irrelevant. You don't determine a punishment by trying to psyche-out the convicted. The state has the death penalty, this is the kind of crime they have it for at the very least, therefore.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Mixed feelings, but yeah, they probably shouldn't have given him what he wanted. Allowing him to rot in the smallest box we can legally put him in would have been better.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Welp..



But then taxpayers gotta feed him and keep him healthy..

Taxpayers now have to feed him, keep him healthy, and pay attorney fees for those fighting for and against his execution.

 

[Crayons]

Stupid question I probably don't want the answer to but is Roof idolized in racist circles?

yes

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Until trump pardons him

 

[Tain]

would rather he rot

Can you leave the Alt-left sentiment out of your comments on this situation? Fuck him, left him burn alive.

being against the death penalty is "alt left"? lmao

 

[minor effort]

I'm usually against the death penalty due to fears that an innocent person would get killed for a crime they did not commit.

I'm struggling to disagree with this sentence, however.

If you disagree with capital punishment for reasons that it could (and likely has) executed innocent people, you have to disagree with its use in all circumstances.

I oppose capital punishment for this reason and Dylan Roof does not sway me from this conviction.

 

[NastyBook]

Fuck him either way. Seriously.

 

[Boke1879]

Fam needs to rot in jail among the general population and get his ass beat every day. He wanted death.

 

[The Beard]

So he lives on death row for how long, sucking up how much money, for what? Just let him rot in a jail cell.

He's probably not going to be filing appeals, so maybe not too long?

 

[Rumblebones]

Don't agree with the death penalty. I don't think anything good comes out of more death.

Dylann Roof should be imprisoned for life. Not given a way out like he wants.

 

[KingBroly]

Taxpayers now have to feed him, keep him healthy, and pay attorney fees for those fighting for and against his execution.

He acted as his own lawyer, didn't he? I doubt you'll see many people protest this.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Predictable outcome, still wish it was life in prison.