In Final Argument, Roof Does Not Ask Jury To Spare Life

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof told jurors Tuesday that he could ask them for life in prison instead of the death penalty for killing nine black church members, but he was not sure “what good that would do.”
In his closing argument, Roof did not ask for mercy or forgiveness and told the jury he felt like he had to carry out the slayings during a Bible study on June 17, 2015.
“I still feel like I had to do it,” Roof said.
The jury will begin deliberations Tuesda