Dylann Roof
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U.S. court upholds church shooter Dylann Roof’s death sentenceA unanimous three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond rejected arguments that the young white man should have been ruled incompetent to stand trial.WorldAug 25, 2021
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‘OK’ hand sign, mass killer’s bowlcut hairstyle added to hate symbol databaseThe database has grown to include nearly 200 entries.WorldSep 26, 2019
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Several U.S. mass shooters exploited gaps, errors to obtain weapons in recent attacksIn 2018, there were more than 26 million background checks conducted and fewer than 100,000 people failed. Of those, the vast majority were for a criminal conviction. Just over 6,000 were rejected for a mental health issue.WorldSep 7, 2019
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Ohio woman wrote to Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, plotted terrorist attack: authoritiesElizabeth Lecron, 23, told undercover FBI agents that she wanted to carry out an "upscale mass murder" at a Toledo bar.CrimeDec 10, 2018
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You can lock up perpetrators of hate crimes, but the online vitriol that motivates them only growsIt’s ironic we live in a time when politicians want walls to keep out foreigners, while the virtual walls between online extremism and real-world fanaticism are transparent.CommentaryNov 3, 2018
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As Trump calls for death penalties, federal cases are ticking upJeff Sessions has so far approved at least a dozen death penalty prosecutions over the past two years, according to court filings tracked by the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel.WorldOct 31, 2018
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Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof’s sister arrested for carrying weapons at schoolThe sister of avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to die for the 2015 massacre at a historic South Carolina black church, was arrested for carrying weapons at a high school, according to police officials.WorldMar 15, 2018
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Nashville church shooter may have sought to avenge Charleston church murders: reportA note in Emanuel Kidega Samson's car indicated a possible plot spurred by the killings of black worshippers in a historic African-American house of worship in Charleston.CrimeSep 29, 2017
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Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof handed 9 consecutive life sentencesRoof will be taken to a federal prison in another state, where he will await his execution.CrimeApr 10, 2017
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Concordia bomb threat: Who is the group purportedly behind the threat?Several Canadian media outlets, including Global News, received an emailed threat purportedly from the Council of Conservative Citizens of Canada (C4).CanadaMar 1, 2017
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