GUILTY SC - Nine killed in Emanuel AME Church shooting, Charleston, 2015; Dylann Roof GUILTY #3

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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 5m5 minutes ago
Govt now calls Rose Simmons, Rev. Simmons' daughter. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 5m5 minutes ago
"I want to speak to #DylannRoof, but most of all I want to address hate he so desperately clings to." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 5m5 minutes ago
"I loved my father. I was just like him, and I'm gonna miss him," Simmons says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"I don't grieve so much for my father," Simmons. "Bc I know he, & his 8 comrades are... experiencing greatest peace." #chsnews #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 4m4 minutes ago
"I don't grieve so much for my father," Rose says. "They are at this very moment experiencing the greatest peace." #RoofTrial #DylannRoof

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 5m5 minutes ago
"Mr. Roof, I grieve for you," she tells him. #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 4m4 minutes ago
"Because a heart that refuses to...yield to this awesome power of love and forgiveness...I know that that's a heart that's lost," she says.

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 4m4 minutes ago
"In my final act of this trial, I want to extend to you a hand of love," she tells Roof. "Following my father's lead." #RoofTrial @wis10

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"In my final act... I want to extend to you a hand of love, following my father's lead," Simmons says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"And extend to you... and plead the blood of Jesus over your heart, mind and soul," Simmons says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 3m3 minutes ago
"I pray that one day, when you meet Jesus Christ,...he will also extend to you His hand of love," she says. #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 5m5 minutes ago
"I hope one day when you meet Jesus Christ, he will also extend his hand of love," Simmons says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
Govt calls Dan Simmons Jr., son of Rev. Simmons. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 5m5 minutes ago
Daniel Simmons, Jr. speaks now. "Dylann Storm Roof," he begins. #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
"Dylann Storm Roof, you heard the plea from family members to look at us," Simmon Jr. says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
"Fell the presence and the warmth, feel it, feel the spirit, the awesome power," Simmons Jr. says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 5m5 minutes ago
"Feel the presence and the warmth! Feel it! Feel the Spirit! Feel the awesome power of the Holy Spirit!" he whispers. #RoofTrial @wis10

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 5m5 minutes ago
"Feel it!" he tells Roof. "It flows!" #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
"You don't have to look at me, but I see that spirit. I want you feel it, as I forgive you," Simmons Jr. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 7m7 minutes ago
"Feel the presence and the warmth, feel it, feel the spirit, the awesome power," Simmons Jr. says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 5m5 minutes ago
"You don't have to look at me, but I see that Spirit. I want you to think about that as I forgive you," Simmons says. #RoofTrial @wis10

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 5m5 minutes ago
"You are just a body being used!" he exclaims to Roof. #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
"Forgiveness is the heartbeat that pulls to the love of God," Simmons Jr. says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 7m7 minutes ago
"I forgive you. Forgiveness is a commandment of God," Simmons Jr. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
"I know you don't understand that, but God requires me to forgive you. I forgive you," Simmons Jr. says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
#DylannRoof continues to sit and look straight ahead. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
"Stay focused. I guarantee you, if you choose to serve him, you will have a better life," Simmons Jr. says #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 7m7 minutes ago
"I forgive you!" Simmons says. "It makes us feel good. I know that you don't understand that." #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 6m6 minutes ago
"Understand that as you have been judged - know that you have an opportunity to ask for forgiveness," he says. #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

had K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 6m6 minutes ago
"I hear you breathing all the way over here," Simmons says. "Speak to that spirit inside of you." #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 6m6 minutes ago
He quotes Colossians and steps away from the lectern. #DylannRoof #RoofTrial @wis10
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 5m5 minutes ago
Govt calls Brenda Holbrow (not spelled correctly). She's the aunt of Sharonda Coleman-Singleton. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
The aunt lives in #NewarkNJ. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 6m6 minutes ago
Singleton's aunt talks about how she knew Singleton from when she was a little girl. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"When I see her picture, it still saddens me," she says, after collecting herself. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"I ask Lord this morning, to give me the strength to say what a great person she was," Singleton's aunt. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 52s53 seconds ago
"I hope and pray, and I believe God is going to give [names of kids] strength they need to continue," Singleton's aunt. #chsnews #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Bethane Middleton Brown called to stand. She's sister of DePayne Middleton Doctor. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
Her baby sister is the first to speak for her. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"I wanted to hate you. God I wanted to hate you, but my faith tells me no," Brown says to Roof. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I wanted to hate you," she tells Dylann Roof. "But my faith tells me no." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 43s43 seconds ago
"I tried to find worst name that I could call, including Lucifer, but couldn't find any worth in your life." #chsnews #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
She says she thought about calling Roof Lucifer but can't, because of her faith. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 58s58 seconds ago
"You thought you killed her," she says. "But she is still very much alive." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 23s24 seconds ago
"So I say to you, you put forth all that effort and got nothing in return that you wanted," Brown says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"Yes you thought you killed her, but she is still very much alive," Brown says to Roof. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 48s48 seconds ago
"You have toiled with God's finest angels, and God doesn't take your actions lightly," she tells him. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"You have toiled with God's angels... and God doesn't take your actions lightlyt," Brown says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"I have not, to this day, found a name low enough to end your self worth," Brown says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 23s24 seconds ago
"They flew away like doves in a pleasant sky... leaving you on this earth... withering away," Brown says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"They flew away like doves in a pleasant sky," she says of the victims. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 32s32 seconds ago
"I will tell you, once again, that no weapons, none, for or against us, shall prosper," Brown says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"Dylann Roof, you can't look at me, but when you're alone, you will hear my voice," Brown says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"You see, you can't have my joy. It's not yours to take. So I guess you'll spend the rest of your time angry." #chsnews #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 3m3 minutes ago
"Guess what? You couldn't make me hate you," she tells Roof as she concludes. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Ashton Timony (spelling?) is the niece of DePayne Middleton Doctor. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 4m4 minutes ago
Next up, the niece of Depayne Middleton-Doctor. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
DePayne's niece is on the stand now. "She was more than an aunt. She was like a second mother to me." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"I learned from her how to be a good mother," DePayne's niece says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 3m3 minutes ago
"To the devil sitting here today, I won't even give you the honor of saying your name," she tells him. @wis10 #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"How can you sit here every day looking dumbfaced... like you did nothing wrong," DePayne's niece asks .#chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"You are the biggest coward I have ever seen in my life!" she says to Roof deliberately. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"You are the BIGGEST coward I have ever seen in my life. Even today you can't even look at us!," she says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"It really shows the kind of person you are -- excuse me -- the kind of animal you are," she tells Roof. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"It shows the kind of person... excuse me... the kind of animal you are!" she says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"The very sight of you make me sick," DePayne's niece says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"So to you, your mission failed. FAILED! FAILED, FAILED, FAILED!" she tells Roof. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"Your mission -- failed!" she exclaims to Roof, who's looking down. "Failed! Failed! Failed! Failed!" @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Grayson Doctor speaks now. She's a daughter of DePayne Middleton Doctor. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"It's simply because you are Satan himself... you will rot in hell where you belong," Doctor says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 3m3 minutes ago
"You are Satan himself!" the next speaker, a daughter says. "You will rot in Hell, where you belong." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"We are strong. We are black, and beautiful, and we can do this," Grayson Doctor says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"We are strong! We are black and beautiful, and we can do this!" she tells him and concludes. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial
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Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 3m3 minutes ago
Depayne's father, Rev. Middleton, is up to speak now. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I want to thank God for this team that he has blessed us to overlook our justice system," he says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"Now to brother Roof. It's not over for you yet," Rev. Middleton says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 55s56 seconds ago
While Rev. Middleton speaks he doesn't look at #DylannRoof at all. Faces the jury and the judge. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 27s28 seconds ago
#DylannRoof continues to sit, stonefaced, not moving. Keeps his hands on this lap. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I saw my daughter shortly after you shot her," Middleton says. "She's in an angel body." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"You took away our pastor!" he tells Roof. "Those were my brothers in Christ." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 34s35 seconds ago
"They're coming to get your soul ready, if they can do anything with it, and save you," Rev. Middleton. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 37s37 seconds ago
"I want to thank this team, bc I feel lifted up for the justice received this week," Rev. Middleton says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Govt calls Wandell Gadsden, sister of Myra Thompson. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
Judge now requests a 10 minute break before Gadsden's statement. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
The sister of Myra Thompson, Blondelle Gadsden, will speak next - after a short break. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Before video screen goes out, #Roof was standing holding something in his hand - either a paper or tissue. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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The Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 3m3 minutes ago
10-minute recess called. #DylannRoof has not glanced up once to look at his victims' families, even as they beg him to. #RoofTrial

 

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Carter Coyle Live 5 ‏@CarterCoyleWCSC 6m6 minutes ago
15 of the 18 jurors/alternates chose to come back today for the sentencing hearing although they didn't have to. #RoofTrial

Carter Coyle Live 5 ‏@CarterCoyleWCSC 6m6 minutes ago
Jurors are being much more expressive today as family speaks, nodding, smiling wiping eyes,You can tell trial has weighed on them #RoofTrial

Carter Coyle Live 5 ‏@CarterCoyleWCSC 6m6 minutes ago
On brief break; heading back into courtroom. It's full again today with family, victims, friends, media, attorneys, packed tight #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 29s29 seconds ago
Court back in session. Govt calls Blondelle Gadsden to the podium. She's Myra Thompson's sister. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 32s33 seconds ago
"There were special things about each of them..." Gadsden says about the victims. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I know those nine individuals were the children of God," she says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 9s9 seconds ago
Gadsden says her most prominent memory is of Tywanza Sanders. Says she saw him grow up. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 49s49 seconds ago
She says, of the other eight victims, she'll have the most significant memories of Tywanza Sanders. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 25s26 seconds ago
"I will always cherish those memories of him," Gadsden says of Tywanza. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 50s51 seconds ago
"I've been in this courtroom, and I still have questions about a 21 yr old being convicted," Gadsden says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 36s37 seconds ago
"I know those questions won't be answered," Gadsden says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 34s34 seconds ago
"I'm confident in knowing that there's a court system...I know that God was in this place was us," she says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 25s26 seconds ago
"I lost a lot since this tragedy," Gadsden. "I long to have [those faithful members] returned to the church." #chsnews #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 35s35 seconds ago
"I lost someone who..." Gadsden pauses. Voice breaks a bit as she continues. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 10s10 seconds ago
Gadsden says she lost someone who was always there for her, "reeling her back in to understand." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 18s19 seconds ago
"What I have gained from this experience... a greatly sense in God," Gadsden says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 22s22 seconds ago
"I have gained a greater sense in God," she says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 18s18 seconds ago
"I've had a large family, but I have a larger family now," Gadsden says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 11s11 seconds ago
She says that Dylann has increased the size of her family. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"I'm so glad that he was convicted, and making us believe there is nothing mentally wrong with him," Gadsden. #chsnews #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"The only thing wrong with him is his heart," Gadsden says about Roof. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
"I ask God to please work on his heart, and give him the strength to love, in spite of," Gadsden says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 5m5 minutes ago
Govt calls Marlene Coakley-Jenkins. She's another sister of Myra Thompson. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
Jenkins talks about the relationship she had with Myra and her other sisters. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"My commission, and my plea, is for you Dylann to take ownership for who you can be," Jenkins says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 4m4 minutes ago
My plea, Dylann, is for you to take some ownership for who you can be," another sister of Thompson tells Roof. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"God has a place for all of us..." Jenkins says to the court. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
Esther Lance, the daughter of Ethel Lance, tearfully speaks now. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
Lance fights back tears as she stands at the podium. Chokes out words as she speaks. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
She says she's lost roughly 60 lbs. dealing with the pain of the tragedy. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"I'm so angry with you," Lance tells Roof. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
"When you lay down tonight, I hope you get to see all 9 of them," Lance tells Roof. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Lance brings up the fact #DylannRoof's mother had a heart attack during proceedings. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"Your mama had a heart attack, so you know how we feel," she tells Roof. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"You have yourself a nice day, and I hope you sleep on that," Lance says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Gary Washington, Ethel Lance's son speaks. He's deaf, so interpreters translate for him. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
Washington recalls the night of the shooting. When he called his mom, Ethel Lance, and she didn't answer. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
He says he felt like something wasn't right that June 2015 day. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Washington recalls seeing police everywhere that night, asking what was going on, and looking for mom. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 49s49 seconds ago
"My mother is gone?!" Washington recalls signing. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 52s52 seconds ago
"Dylann, you don't know about the world," he says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 42s42 seconds ago
Washington signs he has lived in the Columbia area, and has a lot of friends in the deaf black community. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
Rev. Sharon Risher is next up, a family member of Ethel Lance. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"I was real vocal about not wanting you to get the death penalty," Risher says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"I was one person who stood outside the box... I still don't want you to die," Risher says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I still don't want you to die," she tells Roof. "I want you to be able to sit in that cell." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"You have made them martyrs. You have made them the face of America," she tells him, referring to the victims. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"I want you to sit in that cell... you have made them martyrs... you have made them the face of America," Risher says. #chsnews #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"You gave me a voice. I will go to my grave, every breath I take, will illuminate their lives," Risher. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I have been given a task of trying to bring a family together!" she exclaims through tears. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"Hopefully, you will get to read the newspapers, because you will continue to see me crusading!" she says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"I cannot be my mother," Risher says. Not sure who she's related to at this point, my apologies. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"God is walking with each and every one of us," Risher says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"May God have mercy upon you," Risher says as she leaves podium. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
Govt calls Najee Washington next. She's a grand-daughter of Ethel Lance. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Washington says she testified for Rev. Doctor during sentencing. Now will speak for her grandmother. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
#DylannRoof continues to sit staring ahead in front of him. Standby counsel looks over at family members. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"I am fine," Washington says. "I'm fine now. I have peace. But since this happened, I've felt lost." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 44s44 seconds ago
"So to you, Dylann Storm Roof, you tried to cause harm to everyone in that church," Washington says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 58s59 seconds ago
"But we bent... we did not break," Washington. "You can look down all you want, but I know you hear me." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 58s58 seconds ago
"To you, Dylann Storm Roof, you tried to cause harm to everyone in that church...but we bent. We did not break," she says. #RoofTrial @wis10

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 40s41 seconds ago
Washington now gets emotional says her grandmother is alive in her heart. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"I just pray that you seek repentance from this," Washington says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"I just pray you seek repentance," she tells Roof. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
Govt calls Shiela Capers to the stand. She's Cynthia Graham Hurd's sister-in-law. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 2m2 minutes ago
Shiela Capers, Cynthia Hurd's sister-in-law: "She was an aunt to all my children in every sense of the word." #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"Losing her was like a gaping hole that will never be filled," Capers says. "We miss her so much." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 58s58 seconds ago
"She was everything to my brother. She was the best thing that ever happened to him," Capers says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 2m2 minutes ago
Capers: also, Myra Thompson was dear friend to her. "she was an encourager, and one of the best for everyone around her" #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
Capers says she was tired on June 17, 2015 but went to bible study because she had something to present. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 55s56 seconds ago
"I haven't been able to grieve properly bc I'm always worried about my mother and brother," Capers says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"Dylann I believe you can be saved," Capers says. "I pray God send someone to you to reach you." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"Dylann, I believe that you can be saved," she tells him. "I know you don't want to hear what we have to say." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"Jay and his team -- Jay was so passionate and compassionate," she says of Prosecutor Richardson. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 53s54 seconds ago
"I want to thank your family for their kinds words that they extended to the families," she tells Roof. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 1m1 minute ago
"I pray that God sends someone to you to reach you ...so that when you are executed, you are able to go to Heaven, too," she says #RoofTrial

he Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 2m2 minutes ago
Capers thanks jury for being fair and impartial, prosecutors for compassion. #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 37s38 seconds ago
She tells Roof that she'd be happy to come to the prison to pray with him at any point before he's executed. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 18s18 seconds ago
"If at any point before you are sentenced and you are in prison and you want me to come and pray with you, I will do that." #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Govt calls Melvin Graham, Cynthia Graham Hurd's brother. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Melvin spoke to the media yesterday afternoon after the jury's sentence. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Melvin talks about how 1 of his brothers has been absent from proceedings bc he's handling this loss hard. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
Melvin wants the court to know that bc his brother isn't here, it's bc he's handling the loss very hard. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 4m4 minutes ago
Melvin Graham, Cynthia Hurd's brother, said their oldest brother can't speak because he's too upset. #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"When my sister was executed, and it was an execution... it tore me apart," Melvin Graham says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 3m3 minutes ago
Graham, Now referring to other sister Jackie, who had cancer, said she had to go through all treatment, "without her sister by her side."

The Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 2m2 minutes ago
"We lost so much, It's hard." Melvin Graham said. #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 38s38 seconds ago
"I don't have the capacity to hate," Melvin says. "The hatred you possess is beyond human comprehension." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 2m2 minutes ago
"I don't have the capacity to hate. I've tried," says Melvin Graham, brother of Cynthia Hurd. #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 57s57 seconds ago
"The hatred that you possess is beyond human comprehension," he says. "But that's your problem." @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"I'm going to show you what love is," he tells Roof. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
"You wanted to start a race war...but instead of starting a race war, you started a love war," Graham says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 41s41 seconds ago
"What you did pulled people together in a way I didn't even know — didn't have any idea," Melvin Graham says to Dylann Roof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
Melvin Graham Hurd reads off several of the scholarships set up in memory of his sister. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 8s9 seconds ago
"I would give everything back, every penny of it to have her back," Melvin says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 34s35 seconds ago
"I am surrounded by my sister everywhere I go," Melvin says about Cynthia's impact. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
He reminds #DylannRoof that his sister & the Emanuel Nine were instrumental in removing the State House Confederate Flag. @wis10 #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"God has given her a life beyond this life," Hurd's brother says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 3m3 minutes ago
Final words from Melvin are, "Cynthia Graham Hurd." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Govt calls Malcolm Graham, another son of Cynthia Graham Hurd. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 2m2 minutes ago
Malcolm Graham, Cynthia Hurd's brother, says it's difficult to explain "how one of my sisters was killed by a white racist." #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Malcolm says Cynthia didn't tell them how to respond when, "their mother is killed by a white racist." #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
He says his sister would have wanted him to use his "public voice" to address issues of racism. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"In Charleston, a year and a half ago, racism was on full display... racism looks like him," Malcolm says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"We know what racism and hatred looks like. It looks like him. We know what it sounds like. It sounds like him," he says. @wis10 #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"There is no place in society for racism," Malcolm says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"This community has demonstrated that love conquers hate," Malcolm says. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
"This community has demonstrated that love conquers hate," Graham says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"I can live with the decision [made by the jury]," Malcolm. Says there's no room for forgiveness for what he did. #chsnews #RoofTrial

The Post and Courier Retweeted
Abigail Darlington ‏@A_Big_Gail 5m5 minutes ago
Malcolm said there "is no room" for #DylannRoof's hatred and racism in #chs or even in jail. "It cannot be tolerated." #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 1m1 minute ago
He says there's no room for forgiveness to what Roof did. "There's not room for him," he concludes. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial
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Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 1m1 minute ago
"Govt calls Steve Hurd, the widower of Cynthia Graham Hurd. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 2m2 minutes ago
He addresses his statement to his wife. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial

he Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 2m2 minutes ago
Steve Hurd, Cynthia Hurd's husband, now speaking in court. "Today, I would rather talk to my wife," he says. #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
"I was, I am, and forever will be, forever more," Hurd says in court. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

The Post and Courier ‏@postandcourier 1m1 minute ago
"Love conquers all," Steve Hurd says. #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 2m2 minutes ago
Hurd now speaks to #DylannRoof however you can't hear what he's saying. #chsnews #RoofTrial #RoofSentence

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 49s49 seconds ago
Hurd looks directly at #DylannRoof as he speaks. Hurd's mouth is away from the microphone so can't hear him. #chsnews #RoofTrial

Karina Bolster ‏@KRBolster 4m4 minutes ago
Hurd speaks about some of the other victims in this case. Says Rev. Pinckney was the best pastor they ever had. #chsnews #RoofTrial

Chad K. Mills ‏@ChadKMills 3m3 minutes ago
"My life will never be the same again," he says. @wis10 #DylannRoof #RoofTrial
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