Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof pleads guilty in state court, avoids second death penalty trial

Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof pleads guilty in state court, avoids second death penalty trial

Dylann Storm Roof, the high school drop out and white supremacist who shot and killed nine black parishioners at a historic Charleston church in 2015, pleaded guilty Monday to state charges stemming from the massacre as part of a deal with prosecutors to spend the rest of his life in prison to …

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    The trial caused a lot of media outrage because of the actions he took as a white supremacist and the lack to rush in his trial. He pleaded guilty in the state court trial to avoid a second death sentence.