Calm Evil May Get The Death Penalty For Killing Christians In Charlston

* Calm and devious:
Storm Dylan Roof sat a full hour
with his victims before he struck.

by Benson Agoha | Crime

He walked into a church in June, stayed with worshipers for an hour, as if to judge them before killing them, then he unfurled his gun and shot 9 of them, including Pastor Clementa Pinkney (below left), saying "I have to do it".

Almost three months on, a Fox News reports say Prosecutors are to seek the death penalty trial for a race-hate anti-immigration campaigner who told his victims "You are not wanted here." The shooting inside a Charlston, South Carolina church in mid-June shocked the world.

A clearly unprovoked, pre-meditated action, Storm Dylan Roof climbed back into his truck and drove 30 miles west of Charlotte as Law enforcement mounted state-wide man-hunt. He was caught in Shelby, North Carolina and remained calm as he was arraigned in Court.

The heartless crime left many unanswered questions. But on Thursday, Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said that some crimes are just so heinous they require the most serious punishment the state can give.

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"This was the ultimate crime, and justice from our state calls for the ultimate punishment," adding "Making such a weighty decision is an awesome responsibility."

*  Pastor Clementa Pinkney

Reading a three-minute statement outside her Charleston office, the state prosecutor said: "People who have already been victimized should not bear the burden of making the decisions on behalf of an entire community. They shouldn't have to weigh the concerns of other people. They shouldn't have to consider the facts of the case."

But a Fox News report said the prosecutor's statement notwithstanding, Thursday's motion does not guarantee the case will go to trial.

"In a number of other murder cases in South Carolina, solicitors have filed notices to seek the death penalty and used them as bargaining chips to get a defendant to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison." Fox News said, adding "Roof's lawyers said in federal court July 31 that he would have been willing to plead guilty to the hate crimes charges, but he wanted to wait to see if prosecutors would want to put him to death."

The state might seek the death penalty even though the victims families reportedly said at an earlier court hearing in July that they forgave him for his wickedness  and pray for his repentance.

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