" Roof, 22, told FBI agents he wanted to bring back segregation or perhaps start a race war with the slayings. One woman nodded her head every time the clerk said "guilty. Family members of victims held hands and squeezed one another's arms. As the verdict was read, Roof just stared ahead, much as he did the entire trial. The same federal jury that found Roof guilty of all 33 counts will reconvene next month to hear more testimony and weigh whether to sentence him to death. (AP) - Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling slaughter of nine black church members who had welcomed him to their Bible study, a devastating crime in a country that was already deeply embroiled in racial tension.
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