South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley believes the gunman who killed nine worshippers at a Charleston church should get the death penalty.
“We will absolutely want him to have the death penalty,” the GOP governor said Friday morning of the 21-year-old who went on a shooting spree at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday night.
Dylann Storm Roof was arrested Thursday afternoon in North Carolina after the shooting spree. The shooting, which is being considered a hate crime and is under investigation by the Department of Justice, left six women and three men dead, including the church’s minister.
South Carolina does have the death penalty, though it is one of five states that does not have any hate crime laws. It is likely, however, that Roof will be prosecuted by the federal government.
“This is the holy city…this doesn’t happen here.” -South Carolina governor Nikki Haley tells @SavannahGuthrie #CharlestonShooting
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 19, 2015
“This is an absolute hate crime.” -South Carolina governor Nikki Haley to @SavannahGuthrie. #CharlestonShooting
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 19, 2015
“We will absolutely want him to have the death penalty.” -South Carolina governor Nikki Haley tells @SavannahGuthrie #CharlestonShooting
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 19, 2015
“There is one person blame here. A person filled with hate.” -South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. #CharlestonShooting
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 19, 2015
