South Carolina prosecutors announced Thursday they will seek the death penalty for the Charleston, S.C., church shooter.
Dylann Roof, who killed nine people at the historic African-American Emanuel AME Church in June, will face the strongest possible punishment for his shooting rampage.
Solicitor General Scarlett Wilson said the prosecution chose to seek capital punishment as a result of its “many, many meetings” with the survivors and the victims’ families even though some have expressed hesitance about the move.
“Some victims, some family members of victims, because of their faith, do not believe in the death penalty under any circumstances. Some believe the death penalty is just too easy,” Wilson said. “It’s not a religious consideration. It’s a philosophical consideration, a practical consideration.”
