{"id":28690,"date":"2017-01-04T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28690"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:56:37","slug":"charleston-church-shooter-like-make-crystal-clear-not-regret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28690","title":{"rendered":"Charleston church shooter: \u2018I would like to make it crystal clear, I do not regret what I did\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/87d47010-bcba-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pb-sig-line hasnt-headshot has-0-headshots hasnt-bio is-not-column\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"pb-byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/matt-zapotosky\/\">Matt Zapotosky<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"pb-timestamp\">January 4 at 12:05 PM<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<article><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"dateline\">CHARLESTON \u2014 <\/span>Six weeks after he shot and killed nine people at a Charleston church, <\/span>Dylann<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Roof lamented in a jailhouse journal that he could no longer go to the movies or eat good food. But he still felt the massacre was \u201cworth it\u201d because of what he perceived as the wrongs perpetrated by the black community.\u201cI would like to make it crystal clear, I do not regret what I did,\u201d Roof wrote. \u201cI am not sorry.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23527 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost-300x217.png\" alt=\"washingtonpost\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/washingtonpost-278x202.png 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The journal was the centerpiece of prosecutors\u2019 opening bid to convince jurors that Roof, 22, deserves the death penalty for slaying nine black parishioners of the city\u2019s historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2015. Roof, 22, was <a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/dylann-roof-guilty-on-33-counts-of-federal-hate-crimes-for-charleston-church-shooting\/2016\/12\/15\/0bfad9e4-c2ea-11e6-9578-0054287507db_story.html?utm_term=.cef792a1f42a\" shape=\"rect\">convicted last month<\/a> of federal hate crimes for the shooting, and the same jurors who declared him guilty must weigh whether he deserves life in <\/span>prison,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> or execution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"interstitial-link\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><i>[<a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2016\/12\/07\/as-dylann-roof-trial-begins-prosecutor-describes-each-victims-life-and-how-they-died\/?utm_term=.4b1b8f10b133\" shape=\"rect\">\u2018Evil, evil, evil as can be\u2019: Emotional testimony as Dylann Roof trial begins<\/a>]<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For his part, Roof did nothing to rebut prosecutors\u2019 assertions about his lack of remorse. He used a brief opening statement only to tell jurors that he had fired his lawyers because he did not want them to present evidence about his mental health. He complained that the lawyers, outside of the view of the jury, \u201cforced me to go through two competency hearings,\u201d which he said would eventually become part of the public record.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/19b12a3c-bf31-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSo, in that respect, my self-representation accomplishes nothing, so you can say, what\u2019s the point?\u201d Roof said. \u201cAnd the point is that I\u2019m not going to lie to you, either by myself or <\/span>through<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> anyone else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with me psychologically,\u201d he added later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Williams said that Roof\u2019s crimes were awful enough to deserve the ultimate penalty. Roof killed not one person, but nine, and \u201che killed them because of the color of their skin,\u201d Williams said. He researched and scouted the church full of innocent people, whom he targeted for their vulnerability and \u201cto magnify and incite violence in others,\u201d Williams said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And even six weeks after the massacre was over, Williams said, Roof wrote about his racial hatred and desire to spark mayhem in a journal investigators took from his jail cell. He said he sometimes lamented the loss of some of the things he enjoyed doing while free, but remarked, \u201cThen I remember how I felt when I did these <\/span>things,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> when I committed these murders, and how I knew I had to do something. And then I realized it was worth it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jurors on Tuesday also heard firsthand from a survivor of the attack: Jennifer Pinckney, who listened from another room in the church while Roof executed her husband, the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, and the others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Pinckney said she urged her daughter to be quiet, so they, too, would not be killed, and when she went to retrieve her phone, she told the young girl: \u201cRegardless of what happens to Mommy, you stay under this desk.\u201d Earlier, she said, she had heard Roof say, \u201cI\u2019m not crazy, I had to do this,\u201d and what sounded like him attempting to open the locked door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI was just like, \u2018This is it, this is it,\u2019 \u201d Pinckney said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As Pinckney testified, Roof sat motionless \u2014 looking downward or straight ahead. Given an opportunity to question her himself, Roof said, \u201cNo questions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Roof<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> did not contest his guilt in the case. Jurors saw a video of him matter-of-factly confessing to the crime in an interview with FBI agents and even chuckling at times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI am guilty,\u201d he said. \u201cWe all know I\u2019m guilty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the same interview, though, Roof said that he regretted the crime \u201ca little bit\u201d and that the fact that nine people were killed \u201cmakes me feel bad.\u201d Jurors took less than two hours to find him guilty of all 33 counts they were asked to consider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Even some involved in the investigation and prosecution \u2014 including William Nettles, the former U.S. attorney in South Carolina, and Vanita Gupta, the head of the Justice Department\u2019s civil rights division \u2014 advised against Attorney General Loretta Lynch\u2019s decision to seek Roof\u2019s execution. The Mother Emanuel church opposes the death penalty on religious grounds, and victims\u2019 family members and those representing them have expressed complicated views on the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Asked in his interview with FBI agents what he thought should happen to him, Roof responded, \u201cI don\u2019t know how to answer that.\u201d But asked what should happen to a black man who killed nine white people in a church, Roof said: \u201cHe should probably die, too, I guess.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Andrew J. Savage III, who represents several survivors of the attack and family members of <\/span>those slain<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">, said many \u2014 though not all \u2014 of his clients initially opposed the death penalty. They included Felicia Sanders, who was there during the shooting and whose son, <\/span>Tywanza<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Sanders, 26, was killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cShe wanted him to live so he could think about what he did and recall her son\u2019s statement during the shooting, which was, \u2018We mean you no harm,\u2019 \u201d Savage said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But Savage said Sanders\u2019s and others\u2019 views have evolved, especially since they saw Roof\u2019s videotaped confession. Sanders, he said, is not a supporter of the death penalty, but she feels \u201cthat government has its responsibilities that she does not control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Federal death sentences are a rarity, and actual executions even more so. The Justice Department has executed only three inmates in the modern death penalty era, and the last such execution was in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In some ways, Savage said, there is no good outcome for the victims\u2019 loved ones. If Roof is sentenced to death, Savage said, the families will have to endure years of appeals. If he isn\u2019t, they will still have to wrestle with an upcoming state trial, where a jury could impose a death sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe thing that they probably won\u2019t get, and the thing that I want the most for them, is some form of closure,\u201d Savage said. \u201cThe closure is not coming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"pb-headshot col-xs-0 col-sm-2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=http:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/local\/files\/2013\/08\/washpost_pic.jpg&amp;w=180&amp;h=180\" data-threshold=\"480\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pb-author-info col-sm-offset-2\">\n<div class=\"pb-author-bio\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Matt Zapotosky covers the Justice Department for the Washington Post&#8217;s National Security team.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a 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