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| Dylann Roof expected to be indicted for federal hate crimes, media reports say | Dylann Roof expected to be indicted for federal hate crimes, media reports say |
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| The 21-year-old man suspected of killing nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, is expected to face federal hate crimes charges, according to media reports. | The 21-year-old man suspected of killing nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, is expected to face federal hate crimes charges, according to media reports. |
| Anonymous federal law enforcement sources have confirmed to both the Associated Press and the Charleston Post and Courier that Dylann Roof will be indicted on federal hate crimes charges as soon as Wednesday afternoon, a move expected since his arrest in June. The charges are in addition to murder and weapons charges he already faces at the county level. | Anonymous federal law enforcement sources have confirmed to both the Associated Press and the Charleston Post and Courier that Dylann Roof will be indicted on federal hate crimes charges as soon as Wednesday afternoon, a move expected since his arrest in June. The charges are in addition to murder and weapons charges he already faces at the county level. |
| Roof is accused of entering the Emanuel AME church in Charleston on 17 June, sitting through an hour of Bible study before fatally shooting nine people and fleeing. He was captured 240 miles away in Shelby, North Carolina. | Roof is accused of entering the Emanuel AME church in Charleston on 17 June, sitting through an hour of Bible study before fatally shooting nine people and fleeing. He was captured 240 miles away in Shelby, North Carolina. |
| In addition to evidence gathered at the scene and photos in which he appears waving a Confederate flag, authorities also suspect Roof is the author of a widely cited racist screed, published on a website called the Last Rhodesian, a reference to the now-defunct African nation whose leader was openly racist. | |
| The federal charges come as Roof faces nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and a weapons charge, counts on which South Carolina prosecutors could choose to seek the death penalty. | The federal charges come as Roof faces nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and a weapons charge, counts on which South Carolina prosecutors could choose to seek the death penalty. |
| Roof cannot be charged with hate crimes in state court, however – South Carolina is among just five states, including the southern states of Georgia and Arkansas, that have no hate crimes laws. |